Following a nearly hour-long discussion, the Columbia County Board of Commissioners approved, with conditions, the rezoning request for Wortham Lane during its meeting Tuesday, May 2.
The request was to change the zoning of 2278 Wortham Lane from R-A (residential agricultural) to S-1 (special) at the request of Mark Barinowski. The conditions are that there will be no changes to the structures when it comes to an addition, the current businesses is what is being covered by the S-1 zoning, which is a radio service administration office, tower service administration office and a private charter administration office, there will be no more than four non-family employees on the property, all necessary permits and business licenses will be secured for the approval of the business within 30 days of the approval and the R-A zoning residential zoning will remain.
The approval came after discussion between commissioners, Barinowski and Grimaud Place residents who were against the zoning changes. Questions arose during the meeting about whether or not Barinowski had Columbia County businesses licenses, which will be looked into and became one of the conditions of the approval.
“I think what this does is this cleans this up and gets the Barinowski’s on a clean slate as it relates to what’s legal and what’s required, and it gives the county the ability to be able enforce as it needs be these things,” said County Manager Scott Johnson. “Once that’s done if there’s ever any other question then that has to come back (to the county).”
A full story will be in The Augusta Press on Thursday.
