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August 26, 2024
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Vol 52 Issue 35
County opens
public comment
on latest Zoning
Ord re-write
By Pamela Permar-
Shierling
The Glynn County Board
of Commissioners moved a
citizen comment opportunity
on the Glynn County Zoning
Ordinance Draft Update from
August 14 to September 18.
The newest draft of the or
dinance dated August 8 was
posted on the County website
on August 9.
Per the County website,
the Glynn County Islands and
Mainland Planning Commis
sions will hold a special called
joint work session on Wednes
day, September 18 at 5:30
p.m. at the Harold Pate Build
ing in Brunswick.
The two commissions will
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Zoning Ordinance
County millage
up for approval
By Matthew J. Permar
As required by state law
the Glynn County Board of
Commissioners (BOC) will
hold three public hearings to
allow citizens to comment on
the proposed millage rate for
fiscal year 2025.
The first two are on
Wednesday August 28, one at
9:30 in the morning and one
at 2:30 that afternoon, both in
Room 224 of the Harold Pate
Annex Building at 1725 Reyn
olds Street.
The third will be Septem
ber 5, at 6:00 p.m. during the
BOC’s regular meeting in the
Historic County Courthouse
at 701 ‘G’ Street. The BOC
will likely vote on the millage
rate at this meeting.
The BOC has announced
that the Maintenance and Op
erations (M&O) millage rate
will remain at 3.864 mills, the
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County millage
Proposed growth on Mallery
KING CITY klTCUEN
An application has been filed with Glynn County’s Community Development Department for
renovations to the former Blue Water restaurant at 115 Mallery St. on St. Simons (the two story
building on the left) and the Sugar Shack at 121 Mallery (on the far right). The application includes
amending the zoning to allow residential uses on the second floor of the two buildings. If approved
a second floor would be constructed on 121. Islander Staff Photo - Permar
IPC defers Mallery St. design for a second time
By Matthew J. Permar
In what could be described
as a ‘confusing situation,’
Glynn County’s Island Plan
ning Commission (IPC) de
ferred action on a ‘Village
Preservation’ district design
review during last week’s
meeting (Tuesday, August 20).
The design review applica
tion was for two buildings on
Mallery St. - 115, which is
the two-story former location
of the Blue Water restaurant
and 121 Mallery Street, which
is home of the Sugar Shack,
Island Breeze and Fuse.
The same application was
also deferred by the IPC at
their June, 18 meeting.
According to June 18 min
utes, the IPC “commented on
lack of design details, consid
eration of a two-story build
ing, and communication with
adjacent business owners.”
IPC member Joe Nash
made a motion to defer the ap
plication to the commission’s
July meeting and “provide
guidance to the applicant re
garding revisions to the pro
posed project.”
The application is to turn
the second floor of 115 into
a residential unit and add a
second story to 121, which
would contain three residen
tial units.
The design review is just
one of four steps required for
this overall project.
Other requirements in
clude site plan approval by the
IPC, a Conditional Use Permit
(CUP) for the residential uses,
and a demolition permit to re
move an addition to the rear
of the 115 building, which was
added to the original structure
some 20 or so years ago.
Note: The CUP is required
for any residential use in the
village preservation district.
Coming back to last week’s
IPC meeting, Planning Man
ager Stefanie Leif noted that
Charles Day, the architect
and agent for the applicants,
had submitted updated draw
ings for 115 to the Community
Development website on Au
gust 13.
However, the updated infor
mation had not been provided
to the IPC in their package of
documents for the meeting.
IPC member Patrick Dun
can asked if they were missing
information.
IPC chairman Robert Uss-
ery also asked if the changes
were not on the drawings they
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Mallery St.
City sets millage
By Pamela Permar-
Shierling
The Brunswick City Com
mission adopted a 13.219 mill-
age rate last week (Wednes
day, August 21). This millage
rate has remained unchanged
for the past five years.
It is .937 mil over the 12.282
rollback rate and is considered
a 7.63 percent tax increase.
The proposed tax increase
for a home with a fair mar
ket value of $100,000 is ap
proximately $37.48 and the
proposed tax increase for non
homestead property with a
fair market value of $300,000
is approximately $112.44.
The rate was passed after
the final public hearing last
week and no one spoke for or
against the rate.
In other business:
• The commission ap
proved two Enterprise Zone
Incentives.
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City millage
City wants Tax
Commissioner to
delay sale of city
properties
By Pamela Permar-
Shierling
At the end of last week’s
Brunswick City Commission
meeting (Wednesday, August
21), Mayor Cosby Johnson
stated he had “two asks” of
the Glynn County Tax Com
missioner Jeff Chapman.
Johnson said he hoped the
commission supported him on
the request.
First, Johnson asked that
Chapman delay the tax sale
scheduled for Sept. 3.
Johnson said that about
100 of the properties to be sold
are located within the City.
Johnson wants Chapman
to delay the sale on proper
ties located in the city that
are owned by families, but not
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City tax sale
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