Mars Hill Responsible Development News Today

Commissioners voted 3-1 to deny the rezoning, with Commissioner Mark Thomas voting for the project. The rezone application was sought by Deferred Tax LLC and Maxie Price for three separate parcels of land. One parcel is currently zoned B-2, but the others are zoned for office space and residential use. The rezone would have brought all the parcels under B-2, a zoning that allows a wider variety of businesses. However, Watkinsville landscape architect Ken Beall, who represented the landowner a...

The developer reported the center will be valued at more than $50 million. The development has attracted some opposition, especially to the size of the project and a proposed traffic light on the connector between Georgia Highway 316 and Mars Hill Road. A petition by a group called Mars Hill Responsible Development has garnered at least 1,000 signatures from Oconee residents, but many others outside the county also have signed, according to Jennifer Walker, who helped with the petition. Walker...

Reply Clip From Staff report (Lee Becker) At the request of the property owner, Oconee County has postponed the public hearing scheduled for Monday on the proposal for a major shopping center at the corner of the Oconee Connector and Mars Hill Road. Deferred Tax LLC of Lawrenceville, which owns the 47-acres being proposed for development, asked the county to postpone the Planning Commission meeting originally scheduled for Monday until Jan. 19, and the final vote of the Board of Commissioners u...