{"id":937,"date":"2012-04-08T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/videos-zboa-2011-03-06.html"},"modified":"2012-04-08T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T20:00:00","slug":"videos-zboa-2011-03-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/videos-zboa-2011-03-06.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos @ ZBOA 2012 03 06"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLCAB0E2D3AEFB238C\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/thm5YXNeTV8\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nThe Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA)\nhad a somewhat unusual case to start out its March meeting,\nof someone wanting to revert to a previous zoning after the County Commission\nhad approved a rezoning.\nThe owner wants to do a development, but doesn&#8217;t have the resources in this economy,\nso wants to go back to agricultural zoning to make a little money while waiting.\nIt was complicated, with issues of wetlands, costs,\nadvice by county staff, and small business employment. Watch and see!\n<p>\n<table style=\"float:right;\" ><tr><td>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"215\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;q=1328+St+Augustine+Rd,+Valdosta,+Lowndes,+Georgia+31601&amp;aq=&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=37.273371,76.201172&amp;t=h&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;geocode=FcOO1gEdRawI-w&amp;split=0&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=1328+N+St+Augustine+Rd,+Valdosta,+Lowndes,+Georgia+31601&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=30.843849,-83.329016&amp;panoid=czpK9eANxVlgNkO2mqpL4Q&amp;cbp=13,136.64,,1,-14.38&amp;ll=30.837265,-83.329024&amp;spn=0.023141,0.018454&amp;z=14&amp;output=svembed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;q=1328+St+Augustine+Rd,+Valdosta,+Lowndes,+Georgia+31601&amp;aq=&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=37.273371,76.201172&amp;t=h&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;geocode=FcOO1gEdRawI-w&amp;split=0&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=1328+N+St+Augustine+Rd,+Valdosta,+Lowndes,+Georgia+31601&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=30.843849,-83.329016&amp;panoid=czpK9eANxVlgNkO2mqpL4Q&amp;cbp=13,136.64,,1,-14.38&amp;ll=30.837265,-83.329024&amp;spn=0.023141,0.018454&amp;z=14\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\nThey also had a sign request from Denny&#8217;s, with input from the neighboring Mobil station and others.\n<p>\nBoth of these cases were numbered 2012-01 (one from the county and one from the city).\nHow can they be numbered 01?\nIf I understand correctly, these were the first cases ZBOA has received this year,\nand this was the first ZBOA meeting this year.\nThat could be an indication of the state of the local economy.\n<p>\nZBOA mostly considers\n\n<!--more-->\nvariances\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/09\/on-what-basis-does-zboa-decide.html\">\nas permitted in the Valdosta City LDR\nand the Lowndes County ULDC,<\/a>\ntypically to land uses, locations of buildings within lots,\nand sign sizes and locations.\nHere is\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/09\/who-is-zboa.html\">\na list of ZBOA members.<\/a>\nVery occassionally many people show up, as when\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/09\/mcdonalds-denied-sign-variance-for-foxborough-store.html\">\nZBOA denied McDonalds a sign variance.<\/a>\nMostly ZBOA has the same problem as all local elected and appointed government\nbodies: people show up only for one specific item that affects them\ndirectly, and then get up and walk out.\nThey meet at the Valdosta City Hall Annex, if you want to go see them in action.\n<p>\nAs decided\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/12\/zboa-decides-to-publish-agendas-and-minutes-on-valdosta-website.html\">\nat the December 2011 ZBOA meeting,<\/a>\nthere&#8217;s a place on the Valdosta web pages for\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Index.aspx?page=103\">\nZBOA agendas and minutes<\/a>,\nbut none of those seem to actually be linked in there yet.\n<p>\nOn that first case, about reverting to agricultural zoning, Mr. Robinson and Mr. Robinson got what they asked for, by unanimous ZBOA decision.\n<p>\nOn the second case, the first motion required a tie breaking vote by the chair,\nwho voted against it, and it went to a second motion to decide about Denny&#8217;s sign when the camera ran out. Maybe we&#8217;ll have to wait for the city to  post the minutes&#8230;.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLCAB0E2D3AEFB238C\">\na playlist:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLCAB0E2D3AEFB238C\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nVideos\n<br>\nRegular Session, Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 6 March 2011.\n<br>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA) had a somewhat unusual case to start out its March meeting, of someone wanting to revert to a previous zoning after the County Commission had approved a rezoning. 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