Three rezoning requests were among the agenda items addressed at the August 17 meeting of the Henry County Board of Commissioners.

An 18-acre tract on the northeast side of Foster Drive, just east of I-75 and north of Jonesboro Road, was rezoned to mixed use for the development of a combination of multi-family residential, office and commercial uses. As part of the action, the commissioners stipulated that there will be no more than 260 total residential units or 14.3 per net acre, whichever is fewer. A traffic study will also be required for the development. There were nearly a dozen conditions in all.
The rezoning of about 20 acres of property located at 1664 Hwy. 20 East received unanimous approval. The request was for the development of a gas station and storage facility.

Also approved was an amendment to the county’s comprehensive plan to change the site’s designation on the land use map to allow the change. A number of stipulations were included with the board’s approval, including the requirement that one of the three proposed lots on the property, which is just west of Airline Road, receive site plan approval prior to development.

A proposed single-family residential subdivision at the southeast corner of Hwy. 20 and Airline Road, on the east side of McDonough, is on hold after the commissioners voted unanimously at its August 17 regular meeting to table a rezoning request. The applicant petitioned the board for a change from residential-agricultural to R-2 (sewer) so that the 94-acre property could house a conservation subdivision consisting of 114 lots with sewer access.

In other business, a $120,687 expenditure was approved for the repair of an emergency vehicle that was damaged recently in a collision while Henry County Fire Department personnel were responding to an emergency incident. According to county staff, funds for the repair are in the department’s budget.

The board accepted the donation of $1,000 from Paradise Empowers Inc. to be used for the purchase of training aids and supplies in support of the Henry County Police Department’s K-9 Unit. The donation does not require any matching funds and does not have any restrictions for its use.

The commissioners voted unanimously to reappoint Jason Bolton, a major with the Henry County Police Department, to the McIntosh Trail Community Service Board. His existing term was set to expire August 21 and he now will serve another three years.

Two items regarding Nash Farm Park were approved. A resolution was passed conveying $47,437 in fixed assets to the Henry County Water Authority relating to the new fire line at the Nash Farm Cultural Arts Center. The improvements currently being made to that facility require the installation of a fire suppression sprinkler system.

In a separate agenda item, the commissioners approved a resolution declaring a house and a storage structure on the park site as surplus. According to officials, the structures have no serviceable function and can be demolished or used by the Fire Department to burn for training purposes.