FLOWERY BRANCH – The vision of Flowery Branch city leaders and what some local residents envision as a worsening problem “bumped-heads” Thursday evening during an online city council work session and voting meeting.
The disagreement involves a vacant 11.34-acre site at the southwest corner of McEver Road and Gainesville Street. It is currently designated as a “Neighborhood Commercial” area under the city’s Comprehensive Plan, but according to documents attached by the city to the rezoning application of local developer Bret Clark, the city’s vision for that site has changed slightly.
According to those documents: “Staff feels under the current economic climate and the state of retail/commercial building it is unrealistic to envision an 11-acre small scale commercial project on this site.”
A private citizens group believed linked to a proposed mineral extraction operation are suing Union Township, hoping to get an ordinance it adopted earlier this year thrown out as unconstitutional.
The ordinance, adopted in May, sets conditions and restrictions for mineral extraction operations in the township. Attorneys for Concerned Citizens of Union Township say that makes it a zoning matter and not a matter for routine policing.
In late May, they asked the courts to throw out and ordinance as a violation of their client s rights in both the state and federal constitutions, and also a violation of state law.
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(NEWTON) Here’s the highlights from the unofficial minutes released from the most recent meeting of the Newton City Council last week. The Council : approved the bills payable including pre-paids and other accounts with the total amount at $422,394 : approved a City Electric Department purchase order for several utility poles and other needed equipment worth $24,266 : agreed to rezone two parcels of property at 1401 Clayton Avenue from B-3 (Highway Business) to SR-2 (Single Family Residence 2) : approved a utility easement for the east side of the City of Newton’s semi-truck parking lot : consented to allow the Christmas Lights Display in Peterson Park to be lit up for the final time this coming Sunday, December 27 : and no action other than to adjourn after a 21 minute closed session to discuss litigation, real estate, and personnel : the next regular meeting for the Newton City Council will be January 5, 2021, at City Ha