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A proposed subdivision of more than 300 single-family homes in unincorporated Statham was shot down by the Barrow County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, Dec. 8.
The board voted 5-1 â with commissioner Joe Goodman opposed to chairman Pat Graham s motion and commissioner Rolando Alvarez absent â to deny a request by Manor Restorations to rezone 95 acres at 575 Wall Rd. between State Route 316 and Atlanta Highway and change the future land-use map character designation property from Rural Reserve to 316 Innovation Corridor in order to build 318 single-family homes. Manor Restorations, which has been active in rezoning and development requests around the county in recent years, had proposed that a little more than 20 percent of the homes (67) be age-restricted to 55 years old and up.