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Commissioners To Hold Zoning Hearings On Business Operating On Agricultural Land

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners tomorrow night will hold public hearings on three zoning issues that, if approved, will allow Barton and Melanie Cartey to continue to operate their wedding reception business at 2531 Snows Mill Road in the western part of the county.

The Carteys already have built two reception halls, one resembling an old general store and the other resembling a barn, though county records do not show building permits having been issued for the two structures.

The reception halls have been on the property for approximately a year, according to the Planning Department, and the Carteys have been using the facility to host weddings and wedding receptions.

In addition to a rezone for the 1.6-acre parcel on which the two buildings sit, the Carteys are asking to be allowed to have a gravel rather paved parking lot and that they not be required to have a buffer around the business operation.

The commissioners also are scheduled to take up tomorrow night a request by the Connecting Point Community Church of Winder for a special use approval to construct a 255-seat sanctuary and related facilities on a 10-acre wooded tract on Lenru Road.

For further details, including an explanation of how a request for a property tax reduction led to the rezone request, go to Oconee County Observations.

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