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theislanderonline.com Published by Permar Publications ssislander@bellsouth.net August 26, 2024 Established in 1972 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 Turn to Page 4 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 Turn to Page 10 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 Turn to Page 3 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. Turn to Page 6 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 Turn to Page 10 City tax sale Surfin the News County-Wide News - Read County-Wide Page 2 - Golden Isles Olive Oil Market & Wine Bar Page 9 JIA approves new Pier Road retail shops Page 8 - Former bank site to become a bank again Page 10 - Obit Paul Walczak ~ Under One Roof campaign Page 12 - Back Talk 94922 29970 3
