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For
more information, visit the
Planning
Department External Web Site.
 The Madison - Athens-Clarke - Oconee Regional Transportation Study (MACORTS) has completed their Public Transportation Study. The study is available at www.macorts.org. For more information, please call (706) 613-3515.
Interested in receiving emails about MACORTS meeting notices, agendas, notices of public comment periods and other information?
Sign up to join the mailing list, a new feature of the MACORTS website. To add your email to the mailing list, click here.
Online sign up is now available for
the ACC
Neighborhood
Notification Initiative. To receive e-mail notifications
about proposed Planning & Zoning related items that occur within
your commission district, an adopted NNI neighborhood, and/or an
adopted overlay interest area, sign up at www.accplanning.com.
Follow the Neighborhood Notification Initiative link at the top
of the page.
AWARDS
- 2007 Georgia Planning Association Award in the Outstanding Special Community Initiative category for the department's Neighborhood Notification Initiative (NNI). The department won the award for the Outstanding Educational Tool for communities with populations larger than 15,000.
Planning Department Mission Statement: To
effectively manage community change in both the short and the
long
term with regard to land use, transportation, historic preservation
and overall development so that a positive environment, that is
productive and beneficial to all citizens of Athens-Clarke County,
is obtained.
The
tools used in achieving this mission include the Comprehensive Plan,
the Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Regulations, Flood Protection
Ordinance, Street Numbering Ordinance, Historic Preservation Ordinance,
Sign Ordinance, the Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) developed
in conjunction with the Madison Athens-Clarke Oconee Transportation
Study (MACORTS), and the Athens-Clarke County Geographical Information
System (GIS). |
