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Residents alarmed after discovery Saint Joe’s recorded comprehensive plan may extend town control into county ETJ
Summary
Residents at the DeKalb County Plan Commission meeting said they only recently learned the Town of Saint Joe’s 2011 comprehensive plan may have been recorded, potentially giving the town extraterritorial jurisdiction over nearby county properties; county and town attorneys will research the recorded document and implications.
Residents and county planners pressed for answers June 18 after staff revealed the Town of Saint Joe’s 2011 comprehensive plan may have been recorded in the county recorder’s office, potentially establishing an extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) that extends town planning authority into adjacent county territory.
A county staff member told the plan commission the comp plan in their meeting packet appears to show an ETJ and that the commission needs to confirm whether the town recorded the plan. A Saint Joe official who said they served as the town’s clerk/treasurer at the time stated they personally paid to have the comprehensive plan recorded and said a receipt and the recorded document should exist; the official said the town will provide that…
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