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Two contested subdivision rezonings split Catoosa County, Ga., Board of Commissioners

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 February 25, 2020 4 min read

Two contested subdivision rezonings in Catoosa County that brought residents out in force over traffic concerns split the board last week’s meeting.

The first, a single-family home development near Westside Elementary School, received a 3-2 approval vote after the developer submitted new plans that move the entrance.

The request – to change a 23-acre lot from A-1 agriculture to Planned Unit Development in order to allow for 19 single-family homes on Sutton Avenue and 64 on North Avenue – was approved by the Catoosa County Board of Commissioners Feb. 18. Chairman Steven Henry and commissioners Jim Cutler and Jeff Long voting in favor and commissioners Chuck Harris and Charlie Stephens voting no.

(MORE: Catoosa County Commission receives a flurry of rezoning requests for single-family residential)

Before the vote, Catoosa residents living on both Sutton and North avenues used the public comment portion of the meeting to express their concern about how the new development would affect traffic on the narrow roads.