The Locust Grove City Council voted at its Sept. 2 regular meeting to approve the rezoning of a city-owned site at 3330 Hwy. 42. It is the site of the city’s water tower, and it has been rezoned from RA (residential-agricultural) to TCU (transportation, communications, and utilities).
The use of the property is not changing, but its previous RA zoning was incompatible with the city’s ordinances because the entire tract is 0.8 acres and at least one full acre is required for RA zoning, making it technically a “legal non-conforming lot,” according to officials. The action was taken solely to provide consistency with the Future Land Use Map and zoning ordinance.
The property was purchased by the city in 1990 and contains no other facilities aside from the water tower.
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