Commissioners direct staff to add UDO text amendments and study data‑center rules

Sep 16, 2025

Staff flagged a set of Unified Development Ordinance updates — re‑adding three omitted uses, conforming public‑notice language to a new Georgia statute, strengthening short‑term rental enforcement, adding a foundation‑survey requirement, and studying data‑center regulations — and the board agreed to add data‑center discussion to tonight's agenda.

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County staff reviewed a list of proposed text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) during the Sept. 16 work session. The items include re‑adding uses mistakenly omitted from the new UDO (athletic health clubs, hunting clubs with lodges, and commercial livestock raising), updating public‑notice rules to comply with a new Georgia statute, adding enforcement language requested by the sheriff for short‑term vacation rentals, considering a five‑acre minimum for certain agricultural placements, and adding a foundation survey to the building‑permit and inspection process.

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