Category Archives: ZBOA

the expense of agendas @ GLPC 2014-01-27



The Greater Lowndes Planning Commission meets tonight at 5:30PM,
but there’s no agenda posted anywhere online.
At
the same meeting at which he asserted

“we have broadband”,
and

“transparency is not a problem”
County Chairman Bill Slaughter said the county doesn’t publish
agendas or minutes for the Planning Commission because of
“the expense”.

“the expense”

v.

“When officials act like

they have something to hide,

they often do”

I suppose I don’t know much about this Internet stuff,
so maybe somebody can explain it to me:
what’s the big expense in publishing the GLPC agendas and minutes
the same way the county publishes its own

agendas and

minutes?
Yet if you search for the Planning Commission on the county’s website,
all you find is its name in a list of

Boards, Agencies & Commissions;
tonight’s meeting is not even listed in

the county’s online calendar.

For that matter, what would be the big expense in posting
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Put Planning Commission agendas and minutes on web like for ZBOA? –Gretchen Quarterman @ LCC 2013-12-10

It’s curious how the City of Valdosta manages to put agendas and minutes
for the Zoning Board of Appeals online, but Lowndes County doesn’t put
agendas and minutes for the Planning Commission online.
Gretchen Quarterman asked the County Commission to fix that, at the

10 December 2013 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.

She noted that to get the minutes of the Planning Commission she
had to file an open records request, and what she got was paper.



And I’ll show you one here.
I’m relatively certain this wasn’t typed on a typewriter.
It was typed on a computer.
And I’d really like to get a computer copy of it;
an electronic copy.
I always just get a paper copy.
So, my request would be:
could I please get open records requests in electronic form
when they’re available?
And, even better, could the county
put these minutes on the website somewhere?

Here’s

the video: Continue reading →

Videos: The Denny Hour @ ZBOA 2013-12-03






Parking at a new Denny’s in the City of Valdosta
took most of the hour
(did you talk to the gas station next door?),
plus

signs in Lowndes County near Lake Park.

Here’s

the agenda, with a few links into the videos.

Valdosta -Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

Matt Martin,
Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator		 Carmella Braswell,
Lowndes County Zoning Administrator
300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia 327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia
(229) 259-3563 (229) 671-2430

AGENDA

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

2:30 p.m.

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Signs and parking @ ZBOA 2013-12-03



Only two cases, for

signs in Lowndes County near Lake Park,
and for

parking at a new Denny’s in the City of Valdosta.

Here’s

the agenda.



Valdosta -Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals


Matt Martin,
Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator

 Carmella Braswell,
Lowndes County Zoning Administrator
300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia 327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia
(229) 259-3563 (229) 671-2430


AGENDA



Tuesday, December 3, 2013

2:30 p.m.

  1. Call to Order


LOWNDES COUNTY CASES:


  1. VAR-2013-18 — ANS Signs on behalf of Dharmesh Patel (1015 Lakes Blvd. Lake Park)


    Variance to ULDC 9.01.06(A)(3)(B) as it pertains to nonconforming signs


CITY OF VALDOSTA CASES:


  1. APP-2013-15 — Mike Woolsey (1328 N. St Augustine Rd.)

    Variance to LDR Section 222-2 as
    it pertains to minimum off street parking requirements for a restaurant


OTHER BUSINESS:

  1. Approval of Minutes: November 5, 2013

  2. Election of Officers

  3. Adjournment

-jsq

Two Lowndes, two Valdosta variances @ ZBOA 2013-10-01



Today: setbacks and nonconforming use in the county,
and setbacks and buffers in the city of Valdosta,
at the Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals.
They start in a few minutes from now at the Valdosta City Annex.

Here’s

the agenda.

Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

Matt Martin, Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator

300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 259-3563

Carmella Braswell, Lowndes County Zoning Administrator

327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 671-2430

AGENDA

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

2:30 p.m.

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Videos: ZBOA approved UHS Pruitt variance at Two Mile Branch on Lee Street @ ZBOA 2013-09-10



The Zoning Board of Appeals approved

a variance on stream buffers for the medical expansion across
Two Mile Branch, as promised

at the Planning Commission
and

Valdosta City Council.

Here’s

the agenda with a few links and notes.

Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

AGENDA

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

2:30 p.m.

  1. Call to Order

CITY OF VALDOSTA CASES:



  1. APP-2013-09 – RREMC Restaurants LLC     (Denny’s; 1328 N St Augustine Road)


    Variance to LDR Section 214-7 as it pertains to exterior building materials

    Approved unanimously, plus

    some after-discussion about sheet metal    .





  2. APP-2013-10 — UHS-Pruitt Corporation     (Parkwood Developmental Center; 1501 N Lee St.)


    Variance to LDR Section 214-1 Table 2 as it pertains to rear yard setbacks in O-P Zoning and to LDR Section 310-112(A)(1) as it pertains to stream buffers

    Approved with two dissenting votes,

    by Nancy Hobby and Gretchen Quarterman    .

OTHER BUSINESS:

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Videos: SPLOST VII Resolution, child proclamation, and appointment @ LCC 2013-09-10



They voted to put the

SPLOST VII Resolution on the ballot in November,

“to reimpose the tax”, with not even a hint of those

town halls that never happened.
They reappointed

Mac McCall to ZBOA.
The Proclamation
was for a boy who called 911 to help an old neighbor
who was trapped under a refrigerator
(nope, not for

South Georgia Pride).
And we learned that nobody has to fear arrest or threat
and everybody can speak their mind
in the Commission chambers; nevermind recent history to the contrary.

Here’s

the agenda, with links to the videos and a few notes.
See also

videos of the previous morning’s Work Session.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2013, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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ZBOA considers UHS Pruitt variance at Two Mile Branch on Lee Street @ ZBOA 2013-09-10

Right about now the Zoning Board of Appeals is considering
a variance on stream buffers for the medical expansion across


Two Mile Branch, as promised

at the Planning Commission
and

Valdosta City Council.
It

never flooded there before, right?
Nevermind that

flood control measures encourage settling too close and provoke severe flooding events
and just yesterday I heard people complaining about water running over
Lee Street just downstream from the subject location.
How will adding more impervious cover right next to the creek help that flooding?

Here’s

the agenda.

Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

AGENDA

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

2:30 p.m.

  1. Call to Order

CITY OF VALDOSTA CASES:


  1. APP-2013-09 – RREMC Restaurants LLC (Denny’s; 1328 N St Augustine Road)


    Variance to LDR Section 214-7 as it pertains to exterior building materials


  2. APP-2013-10 — UHS-Pruitt Corporation (Parkwood Developmental Center; 1501 N Lee St.)


    Variance to LDR Section 214-1 Table 2 as it pertains to rear yard setbacks in O-P Zoning and to LDR Section 310-112(A)(1) as it pertains to stream buffers

OTHER BUSINESS:

  1. Attendance Policy

  2. Approval of Minutes:

    • August 6, 2013

    • July 9, 2013 (revised to correct Case # scriveners errors)
  3. Adjournment

-jsq

Videos: SPLOST VII Resolution and mystery proclamation and appointment @ LCC 2013-09-09


Charlie Clark
The big surprise in the eleven-minute meeting
was they called up former
County Engineer Charlie Clark to explain the Utility Director’s
comment about making a profit on wastewater to Lake Park Elementary School.
Yes,

the SPLOST VII Resolution is to put it on the ballot in November,
“to reimpose the tax”.
So much for those

town halls that never happened.
Yep, it’s Mac McCall for

reappointment to ZBOA.

No Proclamation this morning, so
it could still be for

South Georgia Pride
like

Valdosta Mayor John Gayle refused to proclaim last year.
And they vote tomorrow night at 5:30 PM.

Here’s

the agenda, with links to the videos and a few notes.



LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2013, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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SPLOST VII Resolution and mystery proclamation and appointment @ LCC 2013-09-09

Presumably the SPLOST VII Resolution is to put it on the ballot in November.
So much for those

town halls that never happened.
I’m guessing the ZBOA appointment is for the finally-expired term
of Dave Kirk;
they appointed

John “Mac” McCall last December to the unexpired part of Kirk’s term,
so McCall would be the odds-on reappointment.


Maybe the Proclamation is for

South Georgia Pride
like

Valdosta Mayor John Gayle refused to proclaim last year.
Why do we have to guess what all those items are for, anyway?
Why don’t they just make the agenda items descriptive,
or, even better,

link the board packet items in with the agenda?
The two
For Consideration
items are more intelligible, but would still make more sense
with those board packet materials.

Here’s

the agenda.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2013, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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