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Resident urges 100-foot riparian buffer for Kiwi River frontage amid proposed Lake Hartwell development
Summary
During public comment, a resident urged the planning commission to require a 100-foot riparian buffer along Kiwi River/Lake Hartwell to protect habitat and scenic values and said the Greenhouse Development LLC plan calls for about 1,900 homes with roughly 111 lakefront lots.
Karl Dieter, a resident who spoke during the public-comment portion of the Oconee County Planning Commission meeting, urged commissioners to recommend that the county require a 100-foot riparian buffer along the Kiwi River/Lake Hartwell frontage.
"I'm asking the planning commission to propose to the county the implementation of a 100-foot riparian buffer zone" between the Army Corps of Engineers property line and the proposed development, Dieter said.…
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