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Dawson County Rezoning Application Packet This application packet contains information required to submit a change in Land Use (zoning) category. Please review the Comprehensive Plan and Character Area available on the county web page. NOTE THE FOLLOWING: • It is strongly recommended that an applicant schedule a pre-application meeting with the staff prior to submitting the application. During this meeting, the staff will walk through the application process, fees, review the forms with the applicant and may assist in obtaining the necessary information. Please review the Character Area Map found on the web site. • To avoid unnecessary delays, be sure the application is complete. Incomplete applications without all required attachments and information cannot be processed. • It is the applicant’s responsibility to attend all Public Hearings and be able to answer any questions regarding the request. If you are uncomfortable in this role, you may want to seek the help of a lawyer, surveyor or other professional. • There are two meetings which require attendance by the applicant or an assigned representative, the first meeting is the Planning Commission Meeting held at 6:00 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of each month; and the second meeting is with the Board of Commissioners who hold the Voting Session,(four weeks after the Planning Commission meeting). This session is held immediatly after the Work Session which starts at 4:00 p.m. on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Please check the website for dates and times. • Send completed applications to: Priscilla Coley - [EMAIL REDACTED] • Code and performance standards can be found on Municode.com • Character Area Map is found on the Dawson County GIS web link. • Comprehensive Plan (2023) is found on line on the Planning & Development web page. • www.dawsoncountyga.gov Dawson County Department of Community Development - Planning FAILURE TO APPEAR AT MEETINGS CAN CONSTITUTE ABANDONMENT AND DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION, UNLESS THE APPLICANT SHOWS JUST CAUSE BY REASON OF HEALTH ISSUES OR OTHER EMERGENCY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME, IN WRITING. We ask for this notice also to advise any interested citizens that may make arrangements to attend the meeting. This is an interactive PDF ; which means you may select (click) web sites and email contacts. APPLICANTS COPY TO KEEP ---PAGE BREAK--- Application Requirements and Checklist • Application meeting with Planning & Development Staff • Review the DRI thresholds attached as the last page to this packet. A completed application for an amendment to the land use (zoning district) map must include the following: • Property Owner Authorization (or acting agent); • Letter of Intent; this should be a complete explanation of your proposal. • Survey of the property - be sure the recorded plat matches the parcel to be zoned; if the survey does not match or is of poor technical quality an updated survey is required. • Site plan drawn to scale with any proposed structures; setbacks and landscaping. • Construction and development schedule (can be incorporated into letter of intent) • Signed Notice of Residential Exurban/Agricultural District (R-A) Adjacency form (if applicable); • Letter from Environmental Health Department for review of septic; 189 Hwy. 53 W, Suite 102 (706) 265-2930 • Recorded Plat of the property (Clerk of the Court); 25 Justice Way, Suite 1302 http://www.dawsonclerkofcourt.net/ • Paid tax receipt for most current year (Tax Commissioner’s office); 25 Justice Way, Suite 1222 • Check or Money Order in the correct amount made payable to Dawson County; Variance (w/zoning request) Appeal of Administrative Decision Rezoning - to RA,RRE Rezoning - to RT, RL, RS, RSR, Rezoning - to RMHP $350.00 $300.00 $250.00 $300.00 $350.00 Rezoning - to RPC, CRB, CCB $700.00 Rezoning - to CHB,CPCD,COI, CIR, MUV, RS2, and RS3 $3,500.00 Rezoning - to CPDP $3,900.00 Special Use Permits (based on current zoning district) APPLICATION CHECKLIST FEES ---PAGE BREAK--- Dawson County PUBLIC HEARING APPLICATION- LAND USE AMENDMENT Contact Information: Contact Name: Address: Suite: City State: Zip: Telephone Email: Subject Property Information: Address: Current Zoning: District: Section: Land Lot: Parcel ID: Proposed Zoning: Current Use: This Application Is For (Check All That Apply) : Appeal of Administrative Decision Rezoning (Land Use change) Special Use Master Plan Review - MUV Amendment of Master Plan Amendment of Stipulations A short summary of the proposed use: Other: PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE UNLISTED NUMBER 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- APPLICANT INTENT Applicant's Request (Letter of Intent): 2 (or attach the write up) ---PAGE BREAK--- Applicant Certification I hereby request the action contained within this application relative to the property shown on the attached survey, plat, and site plan and further request that this item be placed on both the Planning Commission and Board of Commissioners agenda(s) for a public hearing. I understand that the Planning staff may either accept or reject my request upon review. My request will be rejected if all the necessary data is not presented. The staff will send notices to adjacent property owners advising of the request and proposed use prior to the public hearing. I understand that I have the obligation to present all data necessary and required by code to enable the Planning Commission and the Board of Commissioners to make an informed determination on my request. I will seek the advice of a land use professional if I am not familiar with the zoning and land use requirements. I understand that my request will be acted upon at the Planning Commission and Board of Commissioner hearings and that I am required to be present or to be represented by someone able to present all facts. I understand that failure to appear at a public hearing may result in the postponement or denial of my rezoning or special use application. I further understand that it is my responsibility to be aware of relevant public hearing dates and times regardless of notification from Dawson County. I hereby certify that I have read the above and that the above information as well as the attached information is true and correct. Signature Date Witness Date FILE ---PAGE BREAK--- DAWSON COUNTY LAND USE APPLICATION 25 Justice Way, Dawsonville, Georgia 30534 3 List of Adjacent Property Owners It is the responsibility of the Applicant to provide a list of adjacent property owners. This list must include the name and address of anyone who has property touching your property or who has property directly across the street from your property. Please note this information should be obtained using the Tax Map and Parcel Number listing of any parcel(s) adjoining or adjacent to parcel where the zoning is being requested. Please add additional sheets if necessary. Name Address 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. ---PAGE BREAK--- {Notary Seal} (The complete names of all owners must be listed; if the owner is a partnership, the names of all partners must be listed; if a joint venture, the names of all members must be listed. If a separate sheet is needed to list all names, please identify as applicant or owner and have the additional sheet notarized also.) , , FILE SIGN SIGN ---PAGE BREAK--- NOTICE OF RESIDENTIAL EXURBAN/ AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (R-A) ADJACENCY Agricultural districts include uses of land primarily for active farming activities and result in odors, noise, dust and other effects, which may not be compatible with adjacent development. Future abutting developers in non RA land use districts shall be provided with this “Notice of RA Adjacency” prior to administrative action on either the land use district or the issuance of a building or occupancy permit. Prior to administrative action the applicant shall be required to sign this waiver which indicates that the applicant understands that a use is ongoing adjacent to his use which will produce odors, noise, dust and other effects which may not be compatible with the applicant’s development. Nevertheless, understanding the effects of the adjacent RA use, the applicant agrees by executing this form to waive any objection to those effects and understands that his district change and/or his permits are issued and processed in reliance on his agreement not to bring any action asserting that the adjacent uses in the RA district constitute a nuisance) against local governments and adjoining landowners whose property is located in an RA district. This notice and acknowledgment shall be public record. Applicant Signature: Applicant Printed Name: Date Signed: Sworn and subscribed before me this day of Notary Public My Commission Expires: {Notary Seal} FILE SIGN ---PAGE BREAK--- DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (APPLICANT(S) AND REPRESENTATIVE(S) OF REZONING) Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 36-67 A-3.A, the following disclosure is mandatory when an applicant or any representation of application for rezoning has been made within two years immediately preceding the filing of the applicant’s request for rezoning, campaign contributions aggregating $250.00 or more to a local government official who will consider the application for rezoning. It shall be the duty of the applicant and the attorney representing the applicant to file a disclosure with the governing authority of the respective local government showing the following: 1. Name of local official to whom campaign contribution was made: 2. The dollar amount and description of each campaign contribution made by the opponent to the local government official during the two years immediately preceding the filing of the application for the rezoning action and the date of each such contribution. Amount $ Date: Enumeration and description of each gift when the total value of all gifts is $250.00 or more made to the local government official during the two years immediately preceding the filing of application for rezoning: Signature of Applicant/Representative of Applicant Date BY NOT COMPLETING THIS FORM YOU ARE MAKING A STATEMENT THAT NO DISCLOSURE IS REQUIRED This form may be copied for each applicant. Please attach additional sheets if needed. FILE SIGN ---PAGE BREAK--- The Applicant proposes to develop approximately 12,000 square feet of logistics on the property. The Proposed Use will include 40 parking spaces, and two loading docks. Thirty-five percent of the property will not be disturbed. The Applicant is a private services corporation, that supplies services to a large area in Georgia. To facilitate its operations, the Applicant seeks to develop and operate a customer service and operations office with construction and maintenance staging areas. Staging areas will include outside storage for fleet vehicles and other small equipment necessary for utilities operations. The Applicant will provide buffering and enhanced landscaping strips to provide suitable transitions to surrounding residential and agricultural uses. A 30-foot landscape strip will be planted along the right-of-way. Water, sanitary sewer, gas and electricity are available to the Subject Property. The impact on public utilities is anticipated to be minimal. The Applicant will install underground utility lines within the development to serve the project on an as needed basis. The development's water and sanitary sewage utilities will be provided by the Etowah Water & Sewer Authority . There will be no manufacturing on site or dust, smoke or odors, or outside storage of materials. There will be approximately 15 employees. Construction will commence (enter dates) Example: Letter of Intent Section to be completed on Page 3 ---PAGE BREAK--- Highway 53 East Highway 53 West Kelly Bridge Road Elliott Family Parkway Cowart Road Highway 136 West Highway 9 South Highway 136 East Highway 52 West Afton Road Highway 400 North Highway 52 East WMA Monument Road Steve Tate Highway Shoal Creek Road Dawson Forest Road E. Price Road Bailey Waters Road B Highway 9 North Mill Road Grizzle Road Nicholson Road Tanner Road Holcomb Road Auraria Road New Hope Road Ridgeview Drive Nix Road Nix Bridge Road Hubbard Road Clark Road Rock Cellar Road Highway 400 South Wildcat Parkway Seed Tick Road Goodson Road Chester Road Frank Bruce Road Martin Road Steele Bridge Road Dan Fowler Road Cain Road Juno Road Blacks Mill Road Elm Lane A Crane Road Petit Ridge Drive Hubbardsville Circle Tatum Trail Steve Tate Road Couch Road Reece Road Blue Ridge Overlook Cantrell Road Beck Lane Dollar Road Scenic Lane Spriggs Road Chumbley Road Ford Road Field Road Norma Road Gold Creek Drive Valley Road Bay Drive Reagan Road Powell Road Eagle Ridge Road Allen Street Grant Road W Nugget Ridge Road Sporting Hill Drive A. T. Moore Road Pittman Road Will Hall Road Helens Drive Dogwood Way Burts Overlook Clifton Drive Reeves Road Mayapple Glen Biddys Lane Smith Circle Dill Lane Sams Road Overlook Drive Renate Drive Ratliffs Ford Flowing Trail Shiloh Road Prominence Court Heath Road Gober Road Yanoo Trace Taylor Road Mill Cove Drive Fairfax Court Red Hawk Drive Freeland Road Etowah Drive Deer Run Ridge Pigeon Trail Moss Road WMA A WMA WMA WMA Highway 136 West WMA Legend Dawson County Roads 2023 EtowahRiver Lakes and Ponds Dawsonville Character Areas Rural Village Dawson Russell Creek Suburban Living Rural Living Georgia 400 Mixed Use Crossroads Commercial Hightower Lanier North 400 Corporate Park Agricultural Conservation Etowah Dawson County Character Areas Map Prepared By: FDB, Revised October, 2023 µ 0 1 2 3 0.5 Miles ---PAGE BREAK--- DRI Information You MUST complete the Developments of Regional Impact questionaire if your development falls within any of the following thresholds. To complete this questionaire visit: and complete FORM 2. Print a copy to submit with your completed packet. Table 1: Developments of Regional Impact - Tiers and Development Thresholds Effective January 1, 2005 Type of Development Non-metropolitan Regions (Dawson County status effective 01/2005) Office Greater than 125,000 gross square feet Commercial Greater than 175,000 gross square feet Wholesale & Distribution Greater than 175,000 gross square feet Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities Greater than 200 new beds; or generating more than 250 peak hour vehicle trips per day Housing Greater than 125 new lots or units Industrial Greater than 175,000 gross square feet; or employing more than 500 workers; or covering more than 125 acres Hotels Greater than 250 rooms Mixed Use Gross square feet greater than 125,000 (with residential units calculated at 1800 square feet per unit toward the total gross square footage); or covering more than 40 acres; or if any of the individual uses meets or exceeds a threshold as identified herein Airports Any new airport with a paved runway; or runway additions of more than 25% of existing runway length Attractions & Recreational Facilities Greater than 1,500 parking spaces or a seating capacity of more than 6,000 Post-Secondary School New school with a capacity of more than 750 students, or expansion by at least 25 percent of capacity Waste Handling Facilities New facility or expansion of use of an existing facility by 50 percent or more Quarries, Asphalt & Cement Plants New facility or expansion of existing facility by more than 50 percent Wastewater Treatment Facilities New facility or expansion of existing facility by more than 50 percent Petroleum Storage Facilities Storage greater than 50,000 barrels if within 1,000 feet of any water supply; otherwise, storage capacity greater than 200,000 barrels Water Supply Intakes/Reservoirs New Facilities Intermodal Terminals New Facilities Truck Stops A new facility with more than three diesel fuel pumps; or containing a half acre of truck parking or 10 truck parking spaces. Any other development types not identified above (includes parking facilities) 1000 parking spaces ---PAGE BREAK--- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEARING MEETING SCHEDULE 2025 The following are the deadlines for application submission. Due to the requirement to publish legal advertisements and post signs, if an application does not meet the required deadline, it will still be accepted and processed for a public hearing. Only complete applications will be placed on the schedule for a public hearing. Regional Impact (DRI) developments require an extended timeline due to the regional review and the transportation analyses. DEADLINE FOR REZONING, VARIANCE, SPECIAL USE APPLICATIONS. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 6:00 PM BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HEARING 4:00 pm November 29 January 21 February 20 December 27 February 18 March 20 January 31 March 18 April 17 February 28 April 15 May 15 April 30 June 17 July 17 May 30 July 15 August 21 June 27 August 19 September 18 July 31 September 16 October 16 August 29 October 21 November 20 September 30 November 18 December 18 October 31 December 16 TBD November 28 TBD TBD Applications may be submitted at any time during the month prior to the submittal deadline date and time. However, COMPLETE APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 12:00 NOON ON THE SUBMITTAL DATE LISTED ABOVE to be considered for that cycle. Please be aware that each rezoning agenda has a maximum number of agenda items limited to eight applications. If that number is met, then your application will be placed on the next month’s calendar. The above schedule is subject to change. Please check the County website for meeting dates and times. If you have any questions, please call the Planning & Development staff at (706) 344-3500 extension 42336. Developments of Regional Impact (DRIs) take an extended time for review and processing due to the Traffic Impact Study and Regional review requirements.