16 Windy Acres Road is highlighted in blue in the lower left corner demonstrating the proximity of the proposed recovery home to subdivisions in the area. (Map: qpublic.)
(Cleveland)- The White County Planning Commission has released its agenda for this coming Monday’s regular meeting in Cleveland in which the board is expected to address 15 variance requests and 17 land use applications that are on their agenda.
Among the land use items is an application from Vincenu Visuti a representative of a Lawrenceville corporation called PV Nine LLC who recently purchased property at 16 Windy Acres Road, Cleveland north of Cleveland.
The company has requested that the property be rezoned from R-3 Residential Seasonal District to R-2 Residential Multi-Family District.
Visuti told the planning commission in a work session last Monday that they plan to house ten men who have recently completed treatment for alcohol or substance abuse. He explained that the intention is not for the location to be a halfway house and that no sex offenders would be living in the house.
Twenty to thirty people gathered last Monday in opposition to the redistricting application White County Planning Commission Chairman Charlie Thomas said that four or five people spoke in opposition to the redistricting application, while about the same spoke in support.
Thomas assured that those in opposition, understand the need for this type of facility but not at the location requested.
The White County Planning Commission will vote on the redistricting application on Monday evening (1/16) at 6 PM at the White County Senior Center.
Jerry Neace contributed to this story
More would of spoke against it if the board would of allowed more to speak there were many in line but the board would not let them speak
It’s unfortunate that there are not also public comments at the Commissioner’s meetings on these zoning cases.
They are our elected officials and that is where they should hear from us on these issues.
I haven’t cast a vote for anyone on the Planning Commission.
Commissioners:
Vote NO on the 16 Windy Acres rezoning!
Residential areas are not appropriate for a halfway house. Your constituents are watching. Your job is to represent the will of local property owners, local taxpayers, and local voters … NOT persons wanting to start a for-profit business (halfway house) in a residential area.
WE THE PEOPLE of neighboring Windy Acres and The Fields at Towering Oaks do NOT want this proposed for-profit business (halfway house) in our residential community.
Commissioners, do NOT allow the proverbial camel’s nose under the tent.
Vote NO to the 16 Windy Acres rezoning!
It is apparent that the White County Board of Commissioners believe that the Public Office belongs to them personally. The correct status and related obligations are recited and explained in Chapter 6 of the Georgia County Commissioner’s Handbook. As clearly explained the BOC are “public servants and trustees and are amendable to the People at all times”. As clearly stated in Davis v. City of Macon zoning supreme court case “It is TIME TO BREATH SOME NEW LIFE INTO THOSE OLD WORDS”. 262 Ga. 407 (Ga. 1992), 421 S.E.2d 278. It is PAST TIME in White County to breath life into those old words that have lain dormant. The words are:
“Public officers are the trustees and servants of the people and are at all times amenable to them.” [Constitution of Georgia of 1983, Art. I, Sec. II, Par. I.]
“Neither facile excuses nor clever disputations can serve in the stead of duty – faithfully performed.”