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Builders say local zoning rules, architectural mandates and entrance requirements block lot production
Summary
Builders told the committee that local zoning preferences and municipal requirements — from street-entrance rules to architectural mandates and impact fees — often make small parcels undevelopable or push projects out of financial feasibility.
Home builders and developers told the Small Business Development Committee that local zoning rules, discretionary design requirements and certain fire-code interpretations are preventing some parcels from being developed into viable subdivisions.
Jay Knight cited the Georgia State minimum fire prevention code, Appendix D, section D107, which many municipalities use to require two entrances for subdivisions exceeding a certain number of lots. Knight said that rule can make development physically impossible on narrow…
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