Another County Abolishes Planning Commission

In what is starting to seem like a national trend, another municipal government terminates it planning commission and land-use plan.

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December 24, 2002, 5:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen


"The vote was sort of a parting shot at controlled growth advocates, fired by two commissioners leaving office, and one who supports them.It also was a test of the basic necessity of government, according to Commissioner Jerry Tanksley, who made the motion... Tanksley wanted to protest what he felt are burdensome development restrictions placed on the county by federal and state agencies, Kiker said... The commission's action was the latest in a series of growth-related battles that have dominated local politics for years in Habersham County."

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