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GAINESVILLE – The Hall County Commission unanimously approved three rezoning applications Thursday evening.
Ridgeline Land Planning: The rezoning application to allow for the construction of 225-townhomes on 40.32-acres along Spout Springs Road near Friendship Road had been facing a lot of opposition from local residents.
In an effort to appease those in opposition the developer downsized the project and tabled the application briefly to try and address neighbors’ complaints.
Still, seven individuals attended the voting session and addressed commissioners, using the full 20-minutes allotted to those speaking in opposition to express their concerns.
Gary Hodges lives in nearby Reunion Subdivision and told commissioners he spoke for a large number of people from several different communities who were unable to attend the voting session in person.
GAINESVILLE – A rezoning application for an historic building in the New Holland community was given conditional approval by the Hall County Commission but it didn’t come easy for the applicant.
Shortly after the application of property owner and physical therapist Warner Brock was first submitted in September two “conditions” were attached to the request by the Hall County Planning Department staff. That number swelled to fourteen conditions by the time Hall County Commissioners cast their decisive votes Wednesday evening.
New Holland Parlor in the historic New Holland Mill community was opened about a century ago according to Vic Wilson of Flowery Branch who spoke in support of the effort to turn a portion of the former community center into an event center.
GAINESVILLE – A major renovation project is about to get underway at the Hall County Government Center on Browns Bridge Road.
Thursday evening the Hall County Commission unanimously approved a contract of nearly $7.1-million to have the entire HVAC system replaced and to have a new suspended ceiling system installed throughout the building.
In addition to the new HVAC system and ceilings the county plans to replace the building’s lighting system, removing the current fluorescent lights and replace them with a cost-effective LED lighting system. That work will come under a separate contract.
The five story building was constructed in 1982 by Liberty Mutual Life Insurance. The last upgrade to the HVAC system was in 1990.
GAINESVILLE – How to safely hold public hearings and afford opportunity for community comment on land-use decisions, in the midst of growing COVID-19 concerns, has the Hall County Commission scrambling for answers.
Monday afternoon a special called meeting was held by the Hall County Commission immediately after adjourning its work session. In that special called meeting all ten items commissioners just moments earlier approved for consideration at the January 14
th voting session were tabled.
Those ten items were tabled for two weeks and added to the agenda for the January 28
th voting session. They join two other land-use agenda items already scheduled for that January 28