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Elbert County adopts package of notice-related zoning changes, moves to first-class mail and expands mailed-notice distance
Summary
The Elbert County board agreed to retain a referral response form (improved as fillable), move mailed-notice to first-class (with affidavits), increase mailed-notice distance per the Planning Commission recommendation, align newspaper notice timing to 14 days, and allow applicants to prepare publication language subject to staff oversight.
The Elbert County Board of County Commissioners voted to adopt a summary of proposed edits to Article 2 of the county's zoning regulations, adopting several procedural changes intended to modernize notices and improve outreach.
Staff summarized a set of edits recommended by the Planning Commission and staff that would: keep a referral comment form (but update it to be a more useful, fillable form); allow applicants to prepare newspaper notice language rather than require staff to prepare it while maintaining template guidance; change published notice timing for…
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