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Pickens County discusses special tax-district ordinance to repair private roads; 75% signature threshold and homeowner impacts debated
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a draft ordinance modeled on a Dawson County process that would let communities create special tax districts to pay for bringing private roads up to county standards; board members raised questions about the 75% petition threshold, timing of millage collection, cost escalation and impacts on homeowners and gated communities.
County commissioners used a work session to discuss a draft ordinance to let residents petition for special tax districts to repair or complete private roads so they can be dedicated as county roads.
An outside presenter described the Dawson County model the draft follows: an applicant submits a preliminary petition, the county provides a cost estimate, property owners gather signatures, and if 75% of affected property owners sign a final petition the board may create a special tax district and levy a millage to generate revenue over a target horizon. "The county, by law, can't maintain a private road, but it also…
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