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Dawsonville City Council advances townhome development with non-unanimous vote At a meeting of the Dawsonville City Council on Monday night, council members approved a zoning amendment request with a non-unanimous 3-2 vote, allowing the construction of 24 townhomes off Hwy. 9 in Dawsonville. In its zoning amendment request, Tanco Investments LLC asked the city to rezone 4.09 acres at 315 Hwy. 9 N and 373 Hwy. 9 N from Highway Business District (HB) to Multiple-Family Residential District (R6), to construct a townhome development. In a previous public hearing at the counc...
Dawsonville City Council indefinitely postpones annexation request Dawsonville City Council members have voted to indefinitely postpone voting on a request to annex nearly 75 acres of land into the city limits. On Tuesday night, Jan. 19, the city was set to hold a public hearing in reference to the annexation, which has been put forward by Allen Street Properties LLC and B&K Turner Family LLP, and would allow for the nearly 75 acres to be annexed into the city and to be rezoned as residential property for residential construction. At the meeting, Dawsonville Mayor Mike Eason...
Dawsonville City Council approves construction of 67 homes in Thunder Ridge development On Jan. 4, the Dawsonville City Council approved the final plat of Phase 1 of the Thunder Ridge development, which will allow for the construction of 67 new homes. - photo by Erica Schmidt At the Jan. 4 meeting of the Dawsonville City Council, council members approved the final plat of the Thunder Ridge Phase 1 development, which will allow for the construction of 67 new homes. According to David Picklesimer, Planning Director for the ci...
Dawsonville Council recommends raising city owned rental prices for 2021 At the Dec. 21 meeting of the Dawsonville City Council, council members discussed lease renewals and rent changes for the city’s rental properties, a matter which will be voted upon at the next city council meeting. According to Council Member Stephen Tolson, he, City Manager Bob Bolz and city staff have been in talks with several local businesses and properties to learn what the common rental rate for properties in the area is currently. The city’s leases include the Dawsonville Moonshine Distiller...