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Page 12A — Wednesday, August 4, 2021, The True Citizen
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Bears
BEN ROBERTS
benroberts@bellsouth.net
The Burke County Bears will
travel to Hinesville, Georgia,
this Friday, August 6, to face
the Bradwell Institute Tigers
in a scrimmage game.
The Tigers were 0-8 last
year but play in Region 2 of
scrimmage
the competitive AAAAAA
classification. The Bears who
were 3-5 in the regular season
are expecting better results this
year with a more experienced
team.
Burke County lost in the
first round of the Georgia High
School Association playoffs to
Pierce County in Blackshear.
Pierce would go on to win the
AAA championship by defeat
ing Oconee County 13-7.
The Bears will kick off their
regular season in the Bear Den
on Friday, August 20, at 7:30
pm against the Benedictine
Cadets of Savannah.
2021 Burke County
Bears Schedule
Aug 6 @ Bradwell Institute (scrimmage)
Aug 20 Benedictine
Aug 27 Richmond Hill
Sept 3 Hancock Central
Sept 1 7 @ North Augusta
Sept 24 @ Cross Creek *
Oct 8 Harlem * (Teacher of the Year N ight)
Oct 15 @ Thomson *
Oct 22 Hephzibah * (Homecoming)
Oct 29 @ Morgan County *
Nov 5 Richmond Academy * (Senior Night)
Tiny houses
Continued from front
in R-5 zoning districts. Brant
ley County and the cities of
Nahunta and Hoboken entered
into a 2016 Comprehensive
Plan initiative to include small
housing to address an afford
able housing issue. Accord
ing to an article published by
WTOC last month, Savannah
is embracing the use of tiny
homes and City Alderwoman
Linda Wilder Bryan sees them
as a viable solution to home
lessness.
“Some of these portable stor
age buildings are built as well
as a site-built house,” Lee said.
“They build these units big
enough now that they comply
to the state’s minimum stan
dard for room sizes, whereas
prior to 2018, they didn’t.
Georgia has been working
since 2018 to look at all current
methods of tiny houses.”
This is at least the third time
Lee has asked the panel to ap
prove a request to consult with
an engineer who will provide a
design that anchors the build
ings to the ground, opening a
pathway to allowing the county
to permit electrical and plumb
ing and to conduct inspections.
“The whole purpose is to
give those who have already
purchased portable storage
buildings a way to convert
them to tiny houses if they so
choose. Many have bought
these structures on the pitch
from the sales that they can be
used as cabins or tiny houses,”
Lee wrote in an email last
week. “Tiny houses are a grow
ing trend and I’m trying to
figure out a way to help those
who wish to use these struc
tures as dwellings. It may be
not be possible, but I think the
county should at least look into
the possibility.”
Lee said he and Inspector
Lynn Chance routinely get
up to two calls per week from
people who are looking into
buying or have purchased stor
age buildings with the intention
of living in them. The county
doesn’t currently permit porta
ble storage buildings, but does
permit the electrical services
needed to supply them power.
“It isn’t illegal to supply
power to a portable storage
building, its only illegal to
live in it. Lately we’ve seen
an increase in calls each week
or stumble upon people trying
to convert these structures in
to homes,” Lee said. “Most
of the time people are fairly
forthcoming with their inten
tions, but sometimes they are
not. We have an affidavit that
people sign, prior to permit
ting, stating that they will use
the structure for storage only,
but inevitably we find people
living in the storage buildings
after power is released.”
Lee said he sees converting
tiny homes as another hous
ing alternative to site built or
HUD regulated manufactured
homes.
Chairman Leon Bynes fi
nally budged but only after
pointing out that he did not
believe that converting the
units into tiny houses was a
cost-effective alternative for
anybody. He later stated that
the Section 502 Direct Loan
Program was a better option
for people who made “$10 per
hour” to buy homes.
However, Lee said people
are purchasing the tiny houses,
not realizing that, even outside-
of-city limits, residing in them
is not allowed. They are spend
ing as much as $25,000 on the
units and then are not able to
get permitted for electricity,
he said. Additionally, the units
are often not returnable after
purchasers find out they can’t
legally live in them.
According to a recent ar
ticle in the New York Times,
24.3% of renting households
in Burke County owe back
rent. The county is also not im
mune to the student-loan crisis
that plagues 69% of people
nationwide who seek higher
degrees. The median income
for Waynesboro in 2018 was
approximately $30,000 per
year and homeownership was
reported as 45%.
The average price of a one-
family dwelling in Burke
County has risen approximate
ly 20% over the last five years,
according to Mary Yelton
Realty Broker Max Bosswell.
Lee will be providing the
panel with information that
will assist it in considering the
feasibility of a future ordinance
that allows for the conversion
of storage houses into tiny
homes and provides people
with minimum requirements.
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