The Gwinnett County Solicitor’s Office has opened an investigation related to two rezoning applications approved by the Gwinnett County BoC. Both cases involve recent rezoning votes by the BoC associated with solid waste transfer stations and campaign contributions made by the developers who benefited from these BoC votes.
The Gwinnett County planning department, planning commission and […]

The AJC published an article dated Monday, May 25, 2009 entitled, “Tax assessments drop in five major counties”. The article discusses the continuing real estate collapse, the affect on metro Atlanta counties and questions, “Have they gone far enough”.
The following statistics were provided for comparison:
Five major metro Atlanta counties have dropped values for more than […]

The purpose of this post is to highlight the voting record of your commissioner, Mike Beaudreau as it applies to recent rezoning applications for garbage transfer stations. Even though none of these proposed transfer stations are in our immediate community, it is important to understand how your elected commissioner conducts himself in the face […]

Zoning, rezoning and special use (SUP) actions taken by the Gwinnett County Planning Commission at its meeting Tuesday, February 17th. This is a partial listing edited for our community.
• BRD-09-001 - Approved with conditions: Buffer reduction from 75 to 27.5 feet in C-2 zone for 0.93-acre tract of land. Location is the 5100 block […]

DEVELOPMENT PERMITS ISSUED - The following are development permits issued by the Gwinnett Planning and Development Department on or before February 2. Development permits allow the developer to clear and grade the land, but it does not give the go-ahead for building the structure. This is a partial listing edited for our community.
Where: 2135 W. […]

The following actions were taken by the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners at their meeting on Tues., January 24, 2009. This is a partial listing edited for our community.
RZC-09-011 - Approved with conditions: Applicant requests a rezoning from a single-family residence district (R-100) to a general-business district (C-2) to allow for a 14,088-square-foot building contractor’s […]

The following actions were taken by the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners at their meeting on Tues., November 18, 2008. This is a partial listing edited for our community.
SUP-08-076 - Denied without prejudice: A requested special-use permit in a general business district to allow for a used automobile sales lot and accessory service center on […]

By MICHAEL PEARSON
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
The Gwinnett County Redevelopment Agency on Wednesday recommended creation of three new tax allocation districts.
The County Commission now must approve or deny the proposals — and that is expected to come in December. The Gwinnett County School Board would also need to sign on if it were to […]

The following actions were taken by the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners at their meeting on Tues., October 28, 2008. This is a partial listing edited for our community.
SUP-08-043 and SUP-08-049 - Denied without prejudice: Two requested special-use permits to allow a 120,075-square-foot, four-story, self-storage facility on a 1.08-acre parcel zoned general business district. The […]

DEVELOPMENT PERMITS ISSUED - The following are development permits issued by the Gwinnett Planning and Development Department on or before October 17. Development permits allow the developer to clear and grade the land, but it does not give the go-ahead for building the structure. This is a partial listing edited for our community.
Kohl’s Department Store
4925 […]