Planning commission to consider Dalton annexation requests

Charles Oliver, The Daily Citizen, Dalton, Ga.
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Apr. 20—City of Dalton officials are looking to annex two properties already owned by the city, including Haig Mill Lake Park.

The Dalton-Varnell-Whitfield County Planning Commission will consider those requests and others when it meets on Monday at 6 p.m. in the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners meeting room of the county courthouse, 205 N. Selvidge St. in Dalton. The meeting will be livestreamed on the county's Facebook page and YouTube channel.

The planning commission makes recommendations to the city councils of Dalton and Varnell and the county commissioners.

Dalton's requests:

—15.26 acres on Old Haig Mill Lake Road. The property contains Haig Mill Lake Park.

—50.06 acres at 1022 Enterprise Drive. The property contains an electrical substation.

Other requests:

—A request by Peggy Sue Cook to rezone from rural residential to general agricultural 11.83 acres at 104/110 Bloomingdale Way, Tunnel Hill. The site "is currently developed with a single-family detached dwelling and manufactured home," according to a staff report. The rezoning would bring the use into conformity with the zoning.

—A request by Beverly Hawkins to rezone from general commercial to rural residential 0.96 of an acre at 2511 Old Chatsworth Highway, Dalton. The staff report said the site currently has a single-family, detached dwelling on it. The rezoning would bring the use into conformity with the zoning.

—A request by Jonathan Hedden to rezone from general agricultural to rural residential 15.82 acres on Chattanooga Road, Cohutta. The property is currently undeveloped. The rezoning would allow it to be divided into lots of less than five acres.

—A request by Jorge Rene Ruedas to rezone from general commercial to rural residential 0.9 of an acre on Old Grade Road, Dalton. The owner wishes to develop it as residential.

—A request by Adrianna Cuevas to rezone from low-density, single-family residential to general agricultural 10.49 acres, with 9.41 acres in the unincorporated county and 1.08 acres in the city of Dalton at 402 Brooker Drive. The owner wishes to build a guest house on the site.

—A request by TCW Dalton LLC to de-annex 19.84 acres at 3035 Parquet Drive, Dalton, from the city of Dalton.

—A request by Christian Heritage School for the city of Dalton to annex 28.55 acres at 1600 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Dalton. The property contains part of the school's campus and ball fields.