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Commissioners approve zoning-code revisions on conceptual plans, buffers and tree spacing
Summary
The Columbia County Board of Commissioners on May 20 approved second readings for multiple zoning-code changes covering conceptual-plan procedures, buffer and screening rules, tree spacing, and streetlight-district formation.
The Columbia County Board of Commissioners on May 20 approved second readings for several zoning-code amendments and resolutions intended to clarify plat and site-plan review, buffer and screening rules, landscape requirements, and to establish streetlight districts for new subdivisions.
County officials said the ordinance and code changes are technical updates designed to clarify when conceptual plans must be reviewed by the Planning Commission and when the Planning Services director may approve them; to allow planted berms as an alternative to natural buffer strips; to change tree-spacing requirements; and to require streetlight districts when requested by developers.
Under the conceptual-plan revision (Ordinance No. 25-02, Chapter 74), staff explained that properties…
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