Board of Commissioners - 2026-03-03
Votes on Work session on draft UDO amendments for convenience stores and data centers
What happened
The Newton County Board of Commissioners approved several land-use items at its March 3, 2026 meeting, most notably CUP25-000015 approving an upholstery home-occupation business at 661 Dukes Road (with added conditions barring signage and restricting site access), and NTL25-00002…
- Jurisdiction
- Newton County, GA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- March 3, 2026
- Decisions
- 15 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Voted
Meeting Summary
The Newton County Board of Commissioners approved several land-use items at its March 3, 2026 meeting, most notably CUP25-000015 approving an upholstery home-occupation business at 661 Dukes Road (with added conditions barring signage and restricting site access), and NTL25-00002…
Key Decisions (15)
Work session on draft UDO amendments for convenience stores and data centers
CSRA Probation Services Inc. contract renewal - Magistrate Court
CSRA Probation Services Inc. contract renewal - Probate
Insolvency list - removal of uncollectible taxes 2014-2018
Conditional Use Permit for upholstery business at 661 Dukes Road
Zoning Changes (1)
Development Activity (4)
Dankel Concrete Cutting office and outside storage
Commercial
Sean Flynn upholstery home occupation
Commercial
T-Mobile wireless telecommunications tower at Brownbridge Road
Infrastructure
Cornish Creek Water Treatment Plant upgrades
Infrastructure
Market Signals (7)
Infrastructure
Newton County is upgrading Cornish Creek water plant from 25…
Commercial Demand
Emergency moratoriums on both data centers and convenience stores were…
Infrastructure
Draft data center ordinance proposes strict standards (300-acre minimum lot,…
Who Spoke (18)
On the record: 2 staff members, 2 attorneys, 2 applicants, 2 witnesses, and 4 members of the public.
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