The Hall County Board of Commissioners denied a re-zoning application that would have brought a residential development to the eastern part of the county during its Aug. 14 voting meeting.
Residential developer Cook Communities applied to rezone the lot on Yellow Creek Road from Agricultural Residential 1 to Planned Residential Development. Initially, Cook Communities had requested to build a 253 lot development on the 253.58 acres of land in the county’s Commission District 2. That number was later reduced to 191 lots. The application was tabled at the board’s July 24 voting meeting. The Hall County Planning Commission had also recommended denial of the application prior to the meeting.
The Aug. 14 meeting saw a large turnout of Yellow Creek residents to oppose the development, all wearing red clothing to protest the rezoning. Community members who spoke in opposition of the development cited it was incompatible with the county’s comprehensive plan and expressed concerns for the surrounding environment…