A Bartow County-based developer has withdrawn a request for a zoning change after multiple neighbors told the Catoosa County Planning Commission they didn’t want the commercial development in their rural community.
The outcry of neighbors led the commission to unanimously not recommend the zoning change that would have allowed a Dollar General at the intersection of Three Notch Road and Poplar Springs Road to be built. Even with the recommendation, the Catoosa County Board of Commissioners had the final decision-making power.
Jeff Fava, chair of the Planning Commission, detailed opposition to the store he received at its meeting last month. He said he received a petition signed by about 20 people, seven letters, more than a dozen testifiers and 80 attendees at the meeting.
“Seems like to me you guys would be the guys frequenting this store, and if you’re saying you don’t want it here, in my opinion, we’re here representing what you guys need and want,” Fava said.
The zoning change proposal was taken off Tuesday’s Catoosa County Board of Commissioners meeting agenda at the request of the developer, Hibbymo, according to county spokesperson John Pless in a text message.