Packet: ULDC text amendments, small rezoning, and liquor license @ LCC 2024-07-08

Update 2024-07-08: Videos: ULDC text amendments, small rezoning, and liquor license @ LCC Work 2024-07-08.

The ULDC text amendments TXT-2024-02 on the agenda for the Lowndes County Commission are not the same as those proposed to the Planning Commission.

They do still say the Planning Commission would never see any further ULDC text amendments.

How can the staff claim the Planning Commission approved TXT-2024-02 when that board got a different version?

How can the County Commission approve TXT-2024-02 under these conditions?

Why would the County Commission not want the Planning Commission to review ULDC text amendments?

[Packet: ULDC text amendments, small rezoning, and liquor license @ LCC 2024-07-08]
Packet: ULDC text amendments, small rezoning, and liquor license @ LCC 2024-07-08

The cover sheet for the Monday morning Work Session and the Tuesday evening voting Regular Session says, “Based on updates and direction from the County Attorney and County Leadership, Planning Staff and the GLPC recommend approval of Amendments 1,2, 3, 6, and 7.”

[includes general amendments to the Code regarding duplicate definitions, standards eligible for variance and administrative waiver requests, regulation of signage, future text amendment procedures, alignment of technical standards between codes, and administrative and/or clerical changes.]
includes general amendments to the Code regarding duplicate definitions, standards eligible for variance and administrative waiver requests, regulation of signage, future text amendment procedures, alignment of technical standards between codes, and administrative and/or clerical changes.
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It’s not just that amendments 4 and 5 have been truncated, each with this added note: “Staff recommends holding this amendment for further consideration.”

Amendments 1 and 2 have many changes to their wording, enough that a careful comparison of their effects on the ULDC would be required to tell what those differences mean.

[The wording of amendments 1 and 2 is different from the wording presented to the Planning Commission]
The wording of amendments 1 and 2 is different from the wording presented to the Planning Commission
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Even the Future Consideration item has different wording.

Here is the agenda.

The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request, is on the LAKE website.

[PROPOSED AGENDA]
PROPOSED AGENDA
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LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JULY 8, 2024, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2024, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

  1. Call to Order
  2. Invocation
  3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
  4. Minutes for Approval
    1. Work Session – June 24, 2024, Executive Session – June 24, 2024, & Regular Session – June 25, 2024
  5. Public Hearing
    1. REZ-2024-14 Little, 4253 Corinth Church Rd, ~4.93ac, E-A to R-1, Well and Septic

      Documents:REZ-2024-14 Little, 4253 Corinth Church Rd.pdf

    2. TXT-2024-02

      Documents:TXT-2024-02.pdf

    3. Beer, Wine and Liquor License – Susan Clanton of Lake Park Billiards Academy, 5129 Mill Store Road, Lake Park, Georgia

      Documents:Beer, Wine and Liquor License – Susan Clanton of Lake Park Billiards Academy, 5129 Mill Store Road, Lake Park, Georgia.pdf

  6. Reports – County Manager
  7. Citizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address
  8. Adjournment

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