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Long County adopts rule requiring governing-authority approval for five-or-more lot splits
Summary
Long County commissioners adopted Text Amendment TA-020-001, requiring county approval before any tract is subdivided into five or more lots (family subdivisions exempt). The change passed unanimously at the Feb. 4 regular meeting after a prior public hearing.
Long County commissioners on Feb. 4 adopted Text Amendment TA-020-001, changing the county subdivision rules so that no tract may be divided into five lots or more without prior approval of the governing authority.
Planning and Zoning Administrator Jessica Phillips introduced the proposal during a public hearing, saying, "after the Amendment of this Ordinance, no tract of land within Long County shall be subdivided into five lots or more without prior approval from the Long County Governing Authority in accordance with this Ordinance, provided however Family Subdivisions are exempt from this requirement." No members of the public offered comment during the hearing.
At the board's regular session later that morning Commissioner Michael Riddle moved to approve TA-020-001; Commissioner David Richardson seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The change replaces the prior process by adding a mandatory governing-authority approval step for larger subdivisions, while explicitly retaining an exemption for family subdivisions.
Supporters on the board framed the amendment as a local planning control to ensure infrastructure and services can be reviewed for larger subdivisions; no formal opposition was recorded at the hearing or in the meeting minutes. The amendment was entered into the record as adopted on March 3, 2020, by the Long County Board of Commissioners.
The board did not specify an effective implementation timeline in the meeting record; further administrative steps or updates to subdivision application procedures were not detailed in the minutes.
