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Planning commissioners ask staff to review encroachment penalties, permit process after discussion of driveway rules

Oconee County Planning Commission · December 2, 2025
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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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