Special Use Application for Truck Depot Denied
Over 250 residents of Blackberry Lane in South Hall County were jubilant on January 2nd, 2000 when the Buford City Commission on a 2-0 vote denied a special use permit for AAA Cooper Trucking Company to construct and operate a 100 bay terminal in their neighborhood.
The subject Hall County property was annexed into the City of Buford in the mid- 80's and was subsequently zoned industrial. Blackberry Lane is a one-mile residential street running from Mc Ever Road to Big Creek on Lake Lanier. The special use permit was opposed by the Lake Lanier Association because the location is in close proximity to Lake Lanier and because Big Creek is the most endangered of all Hall County unincorporated streams flowing into Lake Lanier. This is an example of residents without representation when cities annex property across county lines.
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