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Commissioners approve UDC amendment removing setback along Lake Hartwell Corps boundary

Properties bordering the Army Corps of Engineers' Lake Hartwell boundary no longer have to keep a 10-foot setback, under a change to the county's land-use code.

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March 3, 2025: Ordinance amending UDC to add new Section 1-206, no setback abutting Corps of Engineers Lake Hartwell boundary

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Where it stands

The Board of Commissioners approved the ordinance 5-0, adding the new Section 1-206 to the county's development code.

The story

Franklin County officials placed an ordinance on the March 3, 2025 agenda to amend the Unified Development Code by adding a new section, “No Setback Abutting Corps Lake Hartwell Boundary.”

SourcesMarch 03, 2025, Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting Agenda. AgendaMarch 03, 2025, Board of Commissioners Public Hearing Meeting Agenda. Agenda

County staff explained the change would eliminate the existing 10-foot setback requirement for properties that abut the Corps of Engineers' Lake Hartwell boundary.

SourcesMarch 03, 2025, Board of Commissioners Public Hearing Meeting Agenda. Minutes

The Board of Commissioners approved the ordinance 5-0, adding the new Section 1-206 to the county's development code.

SourcesMarch 03, 2025, Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting Agenda. Minutes

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proposed

Ordinance amending UDC to add no-setback provision abutting Corps of Engineers Lake Hartwell boundary

“No Setback Abutting Corps Lake Hartwell Boundary”

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AgendaMarch 03, 2025, Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting Agenda. Agenda“No Setback Abutting Corps Lake Hartwell Boundary”
Appeared on agenda
proposed

UDC amendment eliminating setback requirement abutting the Corps of Engineers Lake Hartwell boundary

to add a new section 1-206, “No Setback Abutting Corps Lake Hartwell Boundary”;

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AgendaMarch 03, 2025, Board of Commissioners Public Hearing Meeting Agenda. Agendato add a new section 1-206, “No Setback Abutting Corps Lake Hartwell Boundary”;
Discussed
discussed

UDC amendment eliminating setback requirement abutting Corps of Engineers Lake Hartwell boundary

Robert Ogburn: Eliminates the 10-foot setback abutting to Corps of Engineers Lake Hartwell Boundary.

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MinutesMarch 03, 2025, Board of Commissioners Public Hearing Meeting Agenda. MinutesRobert Ogburn: Eliminates the 10-foot setback abutting to Corps of Engineers Lake Hartwell Boundary.
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Ordinance amending UDC to add new Section 1-206, no setback abutting Corps of Engineers Lake Hartwell boundary

add a new section 1-206, “No Setback Abutting Corps Lake Hartwell Boundary”

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MinutesMarch 03, 2025, Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting Agenda. Minutesadd a new section 1-206, “No Setback Abutting Corps Lake Hartwell Boundary”

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