Politics & Government
Oconee County Commissioners To Decide On Future Of Scenic Preservation District Surrounding Elder Mill Bridge
The county's planning staff originally proposed that the district remain unchanged but modified that position.
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night is to decide if the overlay district put into place in 1968 to protect the area around the iconic Elder Mill Bridge should remain in place, should be modified somewhat, or should be radically changed.
The county’s planning staff originally proposed that the district remain unchanged but modified that position to allow land owner James A. Flanagan to remove 6.1 acres from the overlay district.
Flanagan has rejected that plan and asked that nearly all of the overlay district on his 23 acres on Elder Mill Road south and east of the historic covered bridge be removed from the retrictive district.
Flanagan’s request was denied by the Planning Commission when it went before it on Jan. 19.
That body recommended that the Board of Commissioners accept the modified position of the planning staff.
The item is the sixth action item on the agenda for the meeting on Tuesday night, which begins at 7 p.m. at the Courthouse in Watkinsville.
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Pictured: Norm Grayson, representing zoning applicant.