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County adopts
moratorium
on rezoning
By Joshua Demarest
jdemarest@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County Board of
Commissioners voted Thursday, Nov. 7 to
adopt a moratorium on rezoning applications
until Feb. 7, 2020. The moratorium will be in
effect while the Commissioners attempt to
rework the current laws around the rezoning
process.
Several weeks ago, discussions began
amongst the Commissioners about language
in the county’s ordinances that would nega
tively affect the rezoning process. It was
decided that the Commissioners would hold
off on any new applications while they work
on cleaning up the ordinances, adding new
zoning classifications, and ensuring that the
rezoning process will be fair and efficient.
“This lag period between us knowing that
we have some recommendations from our
consultant that would allow us to improve
our land use resolution in various forms and
also to add some new classifications means
that accepting zoning applications in the
interim before we can go through this public
hearing process and adopt it, puts us in a pre
carious situation where we could lose the
opportunity to offer our citizens the benefits
of these changes and also have our planners
and ourselves lose the benefit of develop
ment pursuant to these changes,” said Angela
Davis, the county’s legal counsel.
“So as a result, we talked about the con
cept of a temporary moratorium that would
allow us to not accept zoning applications
until such time as we change the land use
resolution and consider these amendments,”
Davis added.
The moratorium was approved by a unani
mous vote and went into effect Nov. 7.
Changes to the future land use plan could
be ready for vote as early as Dec. 19. If
approved at that date, the moratorium would
ostensibly be lifted thereafter.
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Top: Crosses with American flags and names of local veterans line
the streets of downtown Dawsonville in honor of Veterans Day.
Above: The JROTC cadets of Dawson County High School march
through downtown Dawsonville during the Veterans Day parade.
Left: Thomas Hineline, Ninth District Commander of the American
Legion Department of Georgia, waves to the crowd during the
Veterans Day parade in downtown Dawsonville. Hineline was the
Grand Marshal for the 2019 parade.
Eason wins
reelection
By Joshua Demarest
jdemarest@dawsonnews.com
Mike Eason will retain his office as
Mayor of Dawsonville for a second term.
The incumbent won reelection by a final
vote of 276-118, claiming 69.87% of the
votes. This becomes Eason’s first full
term in office, having taken the job from
former mayor James Grogan.
The race saw both candidates getting
out into the community to knock on doors
and answer questions.
“I was able to knock on a lot of doors,
talk to a lot of people,” said Eason. “I
think what I saw when I was talking to
people was the welcoming nature that
makes Dawsonville so great.”
Eason said he was welcomed into peo
ple’s homes, invited to dinner, and got to
talk to people about the issues that they
care about the most.
Wright, likewise, spent his campaign
connecting with citizens.
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