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DeKalb County adopts ETJ agreement with Butler to formalize zoning review
Summary
DeKalb County commissioners voted Dec. 8 to adopt an extraterritorial jurisdiction agreement with the City of Butler formalizing 25 years of practice that sends zoning and subdivision review for the perimeter area to Butler while the county retains building permits and drainage oversight.
DeKalb County commissioners voted Dec. 8 to approve an extraterritorial jurisdiction, or ETJ, agreement with the City of Butler that puts long-practiced planning and zoning arrangements into a single signed document.
County planning staff told the commissioners the agreement mostly codifies existing practice and gives Butler planning and zoning jurisdiction for the identified ETJ area, with the county continuing to issue building permits and the county Drainage Board retaining approval of drainage plans. "The City of Butler will exercise…
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