Commission To Consider Revisions To Landscaping Code

In a reversal of plans, Oconee County Administrator Justin Kirouac Tuesday night will open up discussion with the Board of Commissioners of a possible revision to the county’s Landscape and Buffers section of its Unified Development Code.

Citizens called for action on the code revision at a Town Hall Meeting last week, but Board of Commissioners Chair John Daniell said consideration of changes to the Unified Development Code would not take place until after the county completed work on its Comprehensive Plan this spring.

Daniell said discussion of the Landscape and Buffers section of the code would be part of a larger review of the entire code document.

The agenda released for tomorrow night’s meeting doesn’t give any indication of what Kirouac will bring to the Board.

Water Services Director Wayne Haynie will come before the Board with three requests, including to spend an additional $1 million to add a second aeration basin to the Calls Creek wasterwater treatment plant now being upgraded.

The second basin could be used as a reservoir for reuse water, Haynie has told County Administrator Kirouac in a Jan. 26 memo, but it also could be used as part of a future expansion of the plant from 1.5 million gallons per day to 3 million gallons per day.

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Pictured: Commission Chair John Daniell.