Bulloch commissioners may hit ‘pause’ on residential zoning in Southeast area

Moratorium to last 180 days while new regs drafted

On Tuesday, the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners voted to continue a moratorium on rezoning for higher-density housing subdivisions in the southeastern part of the county, an area that extends south from Statesboro and Burkhalter Road to the Bryan County Line. (SPECIAL)

zoning map SE Bulloch — On Tuesday, the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners voted to continue a moratorium on rezoning for higher-density housing subdivisions in the southeastern part of the county, an area that extends south from Statesboro and Burkhalter Road to the Bryan County Line. (SPECIAL)

The Bulloch County Board of Commissioners is slated to consider a moratorium Tuesday that would block, for 180 days, new requests for rezoning that could allow more residential subdivisions to be built in the county’s southeastern section, much of which is currently zoned AG-5 for agriculture.

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