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Staff outlines rezoning hearing rules: notice, time limits and testimony procedures
Summary
Planning staff reviewed public-notice timelines, the 15-minute statute for public hearings, the county’s 200-foot mailed-notice practice and procedures for managing testimony on rezonings.
Planning department staff walked the new Effingham County Planning Board through the county’s rezoning hearing procedures, including statutes and local practices that shape public notice and testimony.
Staff said every rezoning is a public hearing that must be advertised in accordance with state timelines: notices must be published not more than 45 days and not less than 15 days before the hearing, and a sign must be posted 15 days in advance. In addition to statutory advertising, the county mails notices to property owners within 200…
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