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Planning
Department External Web Site.
 new! Public Meetings & Comment Period for MACORTS Plans: There will be three public meetings for comments on a TIP amendment to add a repaving project along US 441 in Athens-Clarke County to the FY 2010-2013 Transportation Improvement Program.
There will be a public meeting held in the Athens Planning Department Auditorium from 4 - 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16.
For more information and digital copies of the documents go to www.macorts.org.
Comments may be submitted via the website, emailed to macorts@co.clarke.ga.us or mailed to Athens-Clarke County Planning Department.
new! Milledge Avenue Local Historic District:Consideration of the designation of the Milledge Avenue Local Historic District has been scheduled by the Historic Preservation Commission.
The public hearing will be held at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at the Athens-Clarke County Planning Department Auditorium at 120 W. Dougherty Street. This hearing will address the proposed district designation, design guidelines, and associated code text amendments.
The meeting will include an opportunity for public comments before the Historic Preservation Commission makes a recommendation to be forwarded to the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission for a final decision at a separate meeting. The documents under consideration are available for review on the Planning Department's website along with the Historic Preservation Commission's agenda for the evening.
The proposed zoning overlay for a portion of Milledge Avenue will be heard by the Planning Commission at their March 4, 2010, regular session meeting. The proposed overlay zoning is primarily oriented toward guiding sorority and fraternity constructions and additions in this area and is an independent process from the proposed historic district designation.
For questions or other concerns, please contact Historic Preservation Planner Amber Eskew at ambereskew@co.clarke.ga.us or 706.613.3515.
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). |
