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Madison County supervisors debate raising E&S bond to $2,000; decide to advertise other fee updates but keep bond at $1,000
Summary
County building-and-zoning staff suggested increasing the erosion-and-sediment (E&S) bond from $1,000 to $2,000 to cover remediation risk on some earth-disturbance projects; supervisors expressed concern about burdening small homeowners and by consensus left the bond at $1,000 while agreeing to advertise other redlined fee changes.
Mister Nichols, the county’s building-and-zoning presenter, told supervisors the county’s E&S bond — intended to guarantee remediation of erosion and sediment issues on development sites — has been $1,000 for many years and may not be sufficient for some projects. "If we end up with one of these projects with earth disturbance and we have to go and finish grading and do grass seed, there's no way we're getting this done for $1,000," he said.
Nichols said neighboring jurisdictions set higher minimum bonds, and the…
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