Catoosa County Commission receives a flurry of rezoning requests for single-family residential

The Catoosa County Board of Commissioners listen to Dennis Thayer, the former emergency management and 911 director for Catoosa County, Tuesday, April 16, 2019, during his grievance hearing at the Catoosa County administrative office in Ringgold, Georgia. Thayer said the reasoning behind his firing was taken out of context. The Catoosa County Board of Commissioners listen to Dennis Thayer, the former emergency management and 911 director for Catoosa County, Tuesday, April 16, 2019, during his grievance hearing at the Catoosa County administrative office in Ringgold, Georgia. Thayer said the reasoning behind his firing was taken out of context.

By Sabrina Bodon December 24, 2019 3 min read

A local developer’s rezoning request for a 92-lot subdivision of single-family homes on Pine Grove Road in Ringgold was approved unanimously by the Catoosa County Board of Commissioners Dec. 17.

The 23-acre property is owned by Emerson Russell Jr. of Lee Parkway Properties Trust.

Russell’s request to change the tract from A-1 agricultural to Planned Unit Development came before the board with a deadlocked 2-2-1 recommendation from the Catoosa County Planning Commission, which heard Russell’s case Nov. 26. While there was no public opposition, both Wayne Sturdivan and Wanda Lynn Garrett of the planning commission cited traffic concerns.

They voted against the rezoning, with Kenneth Dodd abstaining.

The subdivision will be located about a quarter-mile from busy Battlefield Parkway, James Davis, the county’s zoning administrator, said in a Dec. 18 interview following the county commission’s vote.