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Housing, subdivisions, zoning, annexations, land use, and neighborhood change.
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The city's planning commission signed off on tearing down the existing home in the Washington Street Preservation District and replacing it with a new one-story residence and garage.
The city is moving to rezone 13.60 acres on Cornog Road from heavy industrial to residential to allow a 53-home subdivision.
The council's denial blocks Ponder Development's plan to rezone ±20 acres on Highway 17 for a 73-lot subdivision, despite the planning commission's earlier vote to approve it.
A developer's push to move farmland along GA 365 into the City of Baldwin for commercial development has drawn a county objection, a withdrawal, and a refiled petition…
Precision Home Builders' request to add four units to its Breanna Way townhome project remains undecided after the city council twice put off a vote.
Cook Construction and Real Estate is seeking to annex and rezone land into the City of Baldwin for a mixed-use commercial development that would need state sign-off before…
The approval lets a property owner reduce his side setback to convert an existing garage into a garage with an apartment.
The county has rezoned land on Nub Garland Road from agricultural to single-family residential, clearing the way for Howington Farms, LLC to build homes there.
City-owned properties used by the Housing Authority, Chamber of Commerce and Historical Society still lack finalized leases after a year of on-and-off discussion by the city commission.
A proposed change to county subdivision rules would let landowners carve out more one-acre lots for family members without meeting normal zoning density limits.
The proposed rules would set minimum house sizes, garage, bond and road requirements for new major subdivisions in the county.
Council members looked at a handout of incentives meant to attract property owners to annex into the Town, a step that could eventually expand the Town's boundaries and…
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