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Pickens County commissioners adopt broad amendments to five code chapters, including sign rules and on-site wastewater limits
Summary
Pickens County commissioners voted unanimously to approve amendments to five chapters of the county code covering general provisions, advertising and signs, building regulations, businesses and health and sanitation.
Pickens County commissioners voted unanimously to approve amendments to five chapters of the county code covering general provisions, advertising and signs, building regulations, businesses and health and sanitation.
The measures, presented by staff during a public hearing and carried in subsequent motions, revise definitions and enforcement procedures across the code and add substantive changes in multiple chapters, including new location and spacing rules for freestanding commercial signs and a ban on privately owned on‑site wastewater systems that serve more than one parcel in residential settings.
County staff described the package as two linked efforts: substantive changes to land‑use and sign rules and a consistent, countywide…
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