• Estate Residential, with recommended uses of single-family residential, parks/recreation facilities, single-family residential conservation subdivisions, farming.

Existing farming, forestry and livestock operations in the area would be allowed to remain if a new zoning category is approved.

One-acre lots would be allowed with sewer and water services. Otherwise, two-acre lots would be required to accommodate wells and septic tanks.

Mike Stephenson, county manager, said the estate residential area would allow for conventional subdivisions with larger lots.

Outside a subdivision, an individual residential lot would have to be a minimum of two acres in Estate Residential.

• Suburban Residential, with recommended uses of traditional neighborhood development, duplexes, senior housing, cluster homes, townhouses, condominiums, conservation subdivisions, parks, recreation and manufactured housing parks or subdivisions.

Residences in the multifamily, high-density area would be required to have City of Thomasville water and sewer services or a private well licensed by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and DNR-licensed neighborhood sewer systems.

Other areas designated for future development are:

• Crossroads/Neighborhood Commercial

• Highway Commercial

• Public/Institutional

• Employment/Industrial

“This is going to form the basis of our zoning ordinance,” Stephenson told commissioners, referring to the nine categories discussed during the Tuesday session.

Senior reporter Patti Dozier can be reached at (220) 226-2400, ext. 220.