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City council annexes Franklin’s 41 Beasley Road acres over objections
Officials separate annexation from zoning request for more than 200 townhomes
Susan Riley speaks to Statesboro City Council during its Jan. 17 meeting, where she voiced objections raised by residents of the area around Bel-Air Estates Inc.’s undeveloped land on Beasley Road to its annexation into the city. But what the group most o
Susan Riley speaks to Statesboro City Council during its Jan. 17 meeting, where she voiced objections raised by residents of the area around Bel-Air Estates Inc.’s undeveloped land on Beasley Road to its annexation into the city. But what the group most objected to was the originally proposed rezoning of the 41-acre tract as R-2 for up to 212 townhome units.
Statesboro City Council by a 4-1 vote Tuesday evening, Jan. 17, annexed roughly 41 acres on Beasley Road into the city limits at the request of the landowner – a local corporation headed by new state Rep. H. Lehman Franklin III – but over objections from residents of the area.
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