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He said they could come back to con
tinue discussion on the items that are
placed on hold on the easel board, or
they could be deferred to a small group
to form a recommendation.
He wanted to deal with specific is
sues and “avoid generalities.”
Early in the meeting, Planning
Commission (MPC) chairman Neal
Boatright restated his concern that the
document needed to be reviewed not
only by legal experts, but by outside
planning and zoning experts. He noted
the county had been given a flawed
document by the consultant they hired
and it was revised by people who were
not planning and zoning experts.
Leif then went through a power
point presentation that was a list tak
en from the “Key Changes” document
that was updated on Oct. 14, but was
not inclusive of all changes from the
current regulations.
Note: It was unclear exactly what
Leif was referencing as the Oct. 14 up
dates were or what previous document
was updated.
Her presentation, a comparison of
the working draft to the existing ordi
nance, covered a wide range of issues
including (very briefly):
• reduced lot sizes in residential
districts,
• site coverage in the conservation
preservation district;
• parking: multifamily and some
commercial reduced, add a parking
requirement for short term rentals
(STR) and homes over 4 bedrooms;
• exterior lighting - currently sea
turtle lighting is in the Beach and
Dune section of the ordinance and is
recommended to be added under the
‘Exterior lighting section; Leif said ad
ditional conversation was needed on
this issue;
Note: During the public comment
meeting on September 18, the major
ity of the people who spoke asked for
stronger regulations regarding out
door lighting along the beach.
• tree canopy - these regulations
only apply to St. Simons Island; cur
rently the ordinance requires 12 trees
per acre; the working draft reduces
that from 12 to 8 trees per acre and
would apply to all new construction in
cluding single family residential;
• language clarifying how Planned
Development amendments are han
dled is needed in the new ordinance;
• currently chickens, goats and pigs
are only allowed in Forest Agricultural
district, the new ordinance would ex
pand that to include some residential
districts;
• currently bedroom restrictions
are only in Resort Residential districts
and on substandard lots of record; the
new ordinance would include a maxi
mum density of 28 bedrooms per acre
in single family districts;
• billboards are under discussion
and not yet in the current draft; the
recommendation is all new billboards
would require a special use permit, as
would existing billboards that are be
ing converted to digital;
Note: in the Aug. 8 draft billboards
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