Franklin County commissioners approve rezoning in SGI commercial district

            Franklin County Commissioners agreed last week to rezone a portion of the St. George Island commercial district from commercial to c4 mixed-use commercial residential.

The county agreed to rezone 5 lots at the intersection of 3^rd street east and Gorrie Drive to allow for three buildings at the site.

One of the buildings will be what is known as a “skinny mini”, the other two will be a little larger than that.

Public opinion was mostly in favor of the issue.

Mason Bean was opposed to the change – he said c4 was a nice idea when it was created, because it allowed retail on the first floor and residential above, but it has become kind of a joke because c4 is used primarily for residential structures now.

He called it all zoning with no planning.

Commissioners approved the rezoning unanimously.

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