UPDATED: Jehovah's Witnesses Request Tabled Until October

Updated Sept. 25 at 5:30 a.m.

Residents near the proposed location of the Dacula Kingdom Hall will have to wait another month to find out if the special use permit to allow the construction of the church will be approved.


The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners was scheduled to vote on the matter on Sept. 24, but District 3 Commissioner Tommy Hunter motioned to table the request until Oct. 22.

In an email to Dacula Patch, Hunter indicated an opportunity for a neighborhood meeting had arisen.

"I have had several meetings with neighbors and that was their request," Hunter wrote. "The applicant was good with doing that as well." 

Earlier this month, the Gwinnett County Planning Commission voted 8-0 to recommend approval for a special use permit which would allow the Jehovah's Witnesses to build a 5,000-square-foot church on their property located in the 1500 block of Ace McMillian Road. 

Residents in the area remain concerned about the potential impact of the church and several spoke in opposition of the request at the Sept. 3, 2013, planning commission meeting. 

See also: Will the Jehovah's Witnesses Be Allowed to Build Church in Dacula?