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Rockdale County Planning Commission elects officers, receives orientation on duties
Summary
At an organizational meeting, Rockdale CountyPlanning Commission elected John Peterson as chair and Marlicia Yancey as vice chair by unanimous voice vote and received staff training on the commission's roles, terms, quorum, meeting procedures and conflict-of-interest rules under the county Unified Development Ordinance and Georgia law.
The Rockdale County Planning Commission elected John Peterson as chair and Marlicia Yancey as vice chair by unanimous voice votes during an organizational meeting that included a staff-led orientation on the commission's duties and procedures.
Lashawn Gardner, director of the Planning and Development Department, told commissioners that "planning is a unique management tool for local government that sets a vision for the future and is a guide to decision making for everyone in the community." Gardner and planning staff reviewed the commission's advisory role, meeting rules and legal requirements under the county Unified Development Ordinance and Georgia law.
The training said the planning commission serves in an advisory capacity on zoning amendments, future land-use map amendments, rezoning requests, special-use permits, conditional-use permits, text amendments, preliminary plats and recommendations to the Rockdale County Board of…
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