A businessman based in Jacksonville, Fla. is seeking to rezone nearly 700 acres of Camden County land along Interstate 95 for a proposed industrial park which would allow data centers.
Two separate companies led by Kirk Tovey own the adjacent Camden parcels that currently have overhead power lines but not much other infrastructure. One area is located inside Kingsland city limits. For the other, Tovey is also seeking city annexation as part of the zoning application on the agenda for the May 4 meeting of Kingsland’s Planning and Zoning Board.
The acreage owned by V V Farm Inc. and Sapling Farms LLC fronts Laurel Island Parkway and Interstate 95. Most was once Gilman Paper timberland.
The requests for rezoning from Agriculture Forestry to Light Industrial zoning and the name of the person behind the companies appears on the zoning board’s May 4 hearing agenda. The city council would also review any rezoning request.
Early posting of agendas gives residents time to understand their community’s public business — and to get in touch with their elected representatives. Agenda information can help shed light when land is owned by shell corporations or out-of-state entities.
At least 11 Georgia counties have passed prohibitions on data center developments. Glynn County commissioners earlier this month passed new zoning ordinances that would allow data centers there, despite residential opposition to the water-and power-gobbling industry.
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