Bartow County Planning Commission Chairman Boyd Morris, far left, and the commission members listen to a speaker at an Aug. 24 public hearing. Bartow County Planning Commission board member Matt Laughridge questions a speaker at the Aug. 24 BCPC meeting. Beverly Searles Foundation President Philip Searles addresses the Bartow County Planning Commission at its Aug. 24 meeting. Bartow County Planning Commission, in non-data center decisions at its Aug. 24 meeting, approved a proposed apartment complex for seniors and postponed a hearing about an industrial site. The Beverly J. Searles Foundation asked the commission to rezone about 16 acres at 128 Gilreath Road from A-1, or agricultural, to R-3, or multi-family housing. The land would be used for a 235-unit apartment complex for senior adults ages 62 and older. Philip Searles, president of the Beverly J. Searles Foundation, explained. “It will be a restricted community for seniors,” Searles said. “Units will be one-, two- and three-bedrooms. I know what you’re going to say, but a husband and wife snores and they want separate bedrooms.” Searles said the development would be well maintained. “We have landscaping on class with higher-end multi-family communities,” Searles said. “I’ve been doing this for about 20 years, and we currently own and operate about a thousand units here in Georgia.” The single-bedroom units are about 700 square feet; the two-bedroom are about 950 square feet; and the three-bedroom units are about 1,200…
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