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ULDC Amended in Light of Building Resurgence
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ULDC Amended in Light of Building Resurgence

With the County seeing a resurgence in construction and overall building permits up by 36 percent , County officials want to make sure that planning and zoning standards and conditions continue to be met , by clarifying Henry County ’ s Unified Land Development Code ( ULDC ).
The Henry County Board of Commissioners approved an amendment the ULDC which will allow the Building Department ’ s Director or his designee to withhold permits in situations where zoning conditions have not been met . The action came at last night ’ s regular Commission meeting .
Michael Harris , Division Director for Henry County ’ s Planning and Zoning Services Department , said that the amendment clears up any ambiguity that may have existed previously in the ordinance and said that clarification was necessary because of the uptick in building and construction projects throughout the County .
He said have been several cases where a developer began the construction , and because of the economic downturn , stopped building or lost the property to bank foreclosure . He said that when a new developer takes over the property , they are held to same planning , zoning and code standards of the original builder .
District IV Commissioner Reid Bowman addressed the issue during the meeting and said that builders are responsible for doing their due diligence when purchasing such properties and that the onus of meeting zoning conditions remains with the property .
“ There are conditions on the property that were imposed at the time the zoning requests were done and those conditions stay with the property ,” said Bowman . “ That ’ s the fair way to do it . Conditions stay with the property .”
District II Commissioner Brian Preston also weighed in and said that the County is interested in protecting everyone ’ s rights , including the builders and the homeowners .
“ It ’ s good for the public to recognize that we ’ re trying to also protect the citizens . We have a lot of citizens who live in these subdivisions and we ’ re trying to make sure everyone is treated fairly and equitably and make sure that everybody is represented ,” said Preston .

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