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Planning commissioners ask staff to review encroachment penalties, permit process after discussion of driveway rules
Summary
Commissioners directed staff to check consistency of encroachment penalty language (including a cited $500/day fine) and to document how a civil penalty would be initiated after staff explained the driveway encroachment permit process and 90-day completion period.
After discussing differences between Oconee County practice and a Pickens County example, the planning commission directed staff Dec. 1 to review encroachment-permit penalties and to document the enforcement process.
County staff described the typical encroachment workflow: an applicant places flags where they want a driveway, staff inspects sight distance and drainage, and the county…
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