Politics & Government
Oconee County Holding Meeting On Future Land Use Along Widened Mars Hill Road
The meeting, to be held at the Community Center in Veterans Park on Hog Mountain Road, is a sequel to a session held on July 23.
Oconee County is scheduled to hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday night to allow the public to react to preliminary findings regarding a possible overlay district for the Mars Hill Road corridor.
The meeting, to be held at the Community Center in Veterans Park on Hog Mountain Road, is a sequel to a session held on July 23, where about 20 attendees got an introduction to the process for creation of a district.
An overlay district, if adopted by the Board of Commissioners, could set standards and provide guidance for changes in the existing land use along Mars Hill Road once the ongoing widening is completed in a little more than two years.
A second forum is scheduled for Sept. 17, when the public will get an opportunity to react to recommendations of Ross and Associates, the urban planning firm hired by the county to assist with the study and implementation of the overlay district.
For more on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.
Pictured: Hodges Mill Road and Mars Hill Road intersection.