Two Dacula Permits on BOC Agenda

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will decide Tuesday night whether to allow a church to be built on Ace McMillan Road and whether or not a hair salon may be operated out of an Auburn Road home.

On Feb. 15, the Gwinnett County Planning Commission recommended approval of a request from the Dacula Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses to construct.

The planning department recommended denial due to the fact that a nearly identical 2007 special use permit application for a church on the site was denied. The planning department analysis also stated the location could result in an inappropriate amount of traffic in the sparsely developed residential and agricultural area.

District 3 appointee Chuck Warbington said he did not feel the church would create enough traffic to have a significant impact. The planning commission voted 8-1 to approve the request. The other district 3 appointee, Theresa Cantrell, voted in opposition.

Also on Feb. 15, the planning commission recommended approval for a special use permit which would allow a hair salon to be operated out of a home at 931 Auburn Road. The applicant, Cynthia Holdrich, has a home on a two-acre, wooded tract between Bailey Woods Road and Fence Road. The proposed single-chair salon would operate seven days a week and serve four to six customers each day by appointment.

The commission recommended approval of the request with conditions including limiting the hours of operation from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., restricting the number of customers to one at a time and prohibiting any exterior signage.

Both cases will go before the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners for final approval on Feb. 22. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville.