Residents push for stronger liability language, bigger buffers in Telfair County data center draft
During the second‑reading public hearing, multiple residents urged that the ordinance require developers to be clearly responsible for infrastructure damage and recommended expanding the proposed 300‑foot setback. Commenters said permissive language and narrow buffers would leave neighbors exposed.
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Several residents urged the county to strengthen the proposed ordinance's liability language and expand setback requirements during the public hearing. Christine Peterson told commissioners she supported the ordinance in principle but asked the board to change permissive phrasing so developers “shall be liable for it” rather than that they “may be liable.”
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