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Oconee County planning commission opens review of Chapter 32 unified performance standards
Summary
At its June 2 meeting the Oconee County Planning Commission began a detailed discussion of Chapter 32 of the county code, identifying overlaps with road and zoning rules and proposing a small rewrite committee to draft redlines that would move zoning items to Chapter 38 and road standards to Chapter 26.
The Oconee County Planning Commission on June 2 opened a detailed review of Chapter 32 of the county code — the county's unified performance standards — and discussed creating a committee to draft a rewrite that would move zoning items into Chapter 38 and road standards into Chapter 26.
Commission members and staff said the chapter contains legacy language and conflicting provisions that cause confusion for applicants, reviewers and the public. "This is a chapter that seriously needs a very historical perspective," Tom Markovich said during public comment, adding that "the performance standard initially was approved in 1997" and that later changes around 2008 left mixed jurisdictional language.
The discussion centered on four recurring problems: overlapping…
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