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County may require ,
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By Richard Dumas
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Monroe County Com-
missioners Tuesday, Aug. 6
instructed the county’s new
chief building inspector
Daniel Brown to require
developers of new subdivi—
sions in the county to lay
internet conduit.
District 4 commissioner
George Emami said a citi-
zen at last month’s commis—
sioners’ internet forum sug-
gested the county require
developers to lay internet
conduit. Emami, who said
Bibb County already has
such a requirement in its
ordinance for any devel-
oper who digs a trench,
suggested the mandate ap-
ply to subdivisions of six or
more lots termed “major”
under Monroe County’s
subdivision ordinance.
District 1 commissioner
Larry Evans said he thinks
Emami’s suggestion is a
good one and added he
also wants the county to
require that all subdivision
utility lines be constructed
underground. Commis-
sion chairman Greg Tapley
then proposed instructing
Brown and county manager
Jim Hedges to come up
with an updated policy of
subdivision requirements
and bring it back to com-
missioners for approval.
In other commissioners
news: .
o Monroe County Com-
Registration starts at 8:30 am.
Business meeting at 10 am.
missioners on Tuesday,
Aug. 6 allowed a wedding
venue to be built on Twin
Creeks Drive.
Coolidge and Sara Gas-
sett of 180 Twin Creeks
Drive asked commissioners
for a conditional use vari-
ance in agriculture to build
a 50-foot by 80-foot barn
behind their home to hold
weddings and other parties.
No one opposed the
Gassetts’ request, and the
Monroe County Planning
& Zoning board unani—
mously approved the mea-
sure at a July 29 meeting.
Commissioners, who also
unanimously approved the
project, had the final say on
Aug. 6.
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