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BUILDING PERMITS
FOR THEMONTH OF NOVEMBER
Here are the building permits issued by the Forsyth-Monroe County Building
Department in November:
Continued from I C
Forsyth, 2506 Boxankle Road,
map portion of 026, parcel
022, 1.96 acres, $135,000
- Kimberly D. Everidge, 307
Edge Road, Forsyth to Robert
Hopper, 54 Pine Valley Drive,
Forsyth, Pine Valley Drive,
map 079A, parcel 020, 2.2
acres, $20,000
Nov. 18
- Leslie Wells, 120 Howard
Oaks Drive, Macon to Forest
Grove, LLC, 815 Cherokee
Road, Gainesville, map 028,
parcel 013A, $373,650
o Ron J. Cleghorn, 125
Hampton Ridge Road, Macon
to Armando Perez Ibarra, 468
Christian Road, Juliette, map
11 1, parcel 066, 1 acre, $16,000
- Omega Q. Owens, 254
Union Hill Drive, Forsyth to
Ronald J. Cleghom, 11406
Hwy. 74, Forsyth, 11406 Hwy.
74, map 059, parcel 008C,
$147,000
Mary Ellen Stone, 51 Mays
St., Forsyth to Nationstar
Mortgage, LLC, d/b/ a Cham—
pion Mortgage Company,
8950 Cypress Waters B1vd.,
Coppell, Texas, 51 Mays St.,
map F29, parcel 049, $17,000
Milton B. Bedgood, 428
Fairview Church Road, For—
syth to Adam C. Segers and
Laura H. Segers, 428 Fairview
Fairview Church Road, map Co., Inc., PO. Box 1037,
040, parcel 028G, 2.947 acres, Forsyth to Blaine Umbaugh
$174,000 and Brittany Logan Umbaugh,
Amanda Pruitt Hudson, 3636 Bonanza Drive, Macon,
119 Towaliga Lake Drive, Jack— 415 Maynard Church Road,
son to Sheryl Lynne Lanier, map 078, parcel 076, $23,000
119 Towaliga Lake Drive, Jack-
son, 119 Towaliga Lake Drive,
map 012D, parcel 056A, 1.369
acres, $162,000
- River Forest Homeowner’s
Association, Inc., 3300
Johnstonville Road, Forsyth to
American Craftsman Homes,
Inc., 120 Park 42 Drive, Suites
A 81 B, Locust Grove, map
026H, parcel 040, 047, 048,
049, 050, 055, 056 Sr 057, map
0261, parcel 036 8: 037, 12.33
acres, $280,000
Land Holding Company,
LLC, PO. Box 26254, Macon
to Bradley Thigpen, 5625
Kesteven Lane, Macon, map
093, parcel 013, 5.45 acres,
$ 125,000
o Thomas S. McComb, 1705
Ridgewood Place, Vidalia to
Sarah E. Gilbert, 123 Riv-
ers Edge Drive, Forsyth, 123
Rivers Edge Drive, map 038A,
parcel 020, $308,000
Nov. 19
Daniel L. McCoy, 14374
Hwy. 74, Culloden to Danielle
Garrison, Ronald Inness and
Christine Inness, 765 Charles
Johnson Road, Forsyth, 765
Charles Johnson Road, map
045, parcel 056, $344,000
Nov. 20
- Marian S. Winters, 2993
Hwy. 42 North, Forsyth to IE.
Roush 8: Company, 38 North
Mulberry St., Jackson, Logwall
Church Road, map portion of
051, parcel 010E, $71,000
Nov. 21
- Newton Timber Company,
LLLP, f/k/a Newton Timber
Company, Ltd, PO. Box 5938,
Forsyth to Piedmont Forestry,
LLC, PO. Box 28186, Macon,
map 031, parcel 022, $250,648
- Hank Osterlund, 704 River
Overlook, Forsyth to Stepha—
nie Williams, 313 Tuxedo
Circle, Forsyth, 309 Tuxedo
Circle, map 026H,- parcel 035,
1.76 acres, $20,000
- Jerry L. Patrick and Anita
B. Elliott, 97 Freedom Drive,
Forsyth to Hank Osterlund
and Jennifer Osterlund, 704
River Overlook, Forsyth, 706
River Overlook, map 026F,
parcel 028, 2 acres, $37,500
o Craftsman 11, LLC, 120
Park 42 Drive, Suites A 81 B,
Locust Grove to Anthony
Martin, 341 Preakness Way,
Forsyth, 341 Preakness Way,
map 015A, parcel 068, 1.36
a Georgia Properties, Inc.,
PO. Box 1970, Jackson to Bar-
bara Craig, 60 Cedar Court,
Monticello, Jenkins Road, map
portion of 091, parcel 001,
13.75 acres, $119,000
- Georgia Properties, Inc.,
PO. Box 1970, Jackson to
Doris Cash Pruitt, 516 Brushy
Creek Circle, Jackson, Jenkins
Road, map portion of 091,
parcel 001, 8.24 acres, $60,000
o Brian Atkinson, 3948 East
Lake Todd Drive, Hernando,
Fla. to Stephen T. Jones
and Sherry G. Jones, 12595
Panhandle Road, Hampton,
241 Pioneer Trail, map 0123, ’
parcel 021, 6.3 acres, $43,500
- Three Oaks Construction
and Development, Inc., 2918
Riverside Drive, Macon to
Knock Homes, Wis., LLC, 309
East Paces Ferry Road, NE,
Suite 409, Atlanta, 217 Preak—
ness Way, map 054B, parcel
027, $219,000
Nov. 22
- Rickey Taylor, 8950
Cypress Waters Blvd., Cop-
pell, Texas to Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as
Trustee on behalf of H51 Asset
Securitization Corporation,
8950 Cypress Waters Blvd,
Coppell, Texas, 1300 Edge
Road, map 091A, parcel O98G,
7.6 acres, $487,684
Nov. 25
Lane, Southfield, Mich. to V
Daniel N. Norton, 204 John-
son Lane, Forsyth, Pea Ridge
Road, map 107, parcel 008D,
16 acres, $55,000
- Joy M. Evans, 1058 Blount
Road, Jackson to Terry
L. Hendrick and Mary E.
Hendrick, 1058 Blount Road,
Jackson, 1058 Blount Road,
map 025, parcel 010 & 010B,
Mary Brown Mobile Home 36 Dumas Road 2,845 $135,000
Rafael Nodal Storage 147 Towaliga Lake Drive 360 $5,300
Kerri Swearingen Commercial 19 North Lee Street $50,000
Alfred Gantt Electrical 5607 Highway 83 North $1,000
Piedmont Electric Electrical 385 Blue Ridge School Road $800
American Craftsman Homes New 451 Preakness Way 3,611 $390,000
American Craftsman Homes New 461 Preakness Way 3,651 $400,000
Wes Walker Builders New 724 Kilmory Drive 5,874 $650,000
Roush Enterprises Barn 11409 Highway 74 4,900 $90,000
Ivey League Pools Pool 312 Waddesdon Drive $60,000
Georgia Grown Construction New 1227 Forsyth Landing Lane 2,482 $150,000
Pamlico Pools Pool 86 Claire Road $25,000
Joe’s Concrete Pools Pool 205 Andrew Court $55,000
Shawn Anderson Mobile Home 200 Bennie Place 1,780 $38,000
Tiffany Evans Commercial 104 Clayton English Drive 880 $30,000
Jason Butler Mobile Home 13568 Highway_87 2,052 $18,000
Chris Maeder Electrical 800 Pine Grove Church Road $200
Mr. Electric/Service Electric Electrical 124 Logwall Church Road $850
Tammy Jones Mobile Home 57 Jeffrey Way 1,344 $68,000
Johni Skelton Electrical 320 Searcy Drive $500
Robert Rebecca Barnes Storage 8637 Whittle Road 384 $7,200
America's Home Place New 351 Zellner Road 2,572 $234,000
America's Home Place New 78 East River Mist Court 2,775 $260,000
James Menke Shop 2700 Maynards Mill Farm 1,200 $40,000
James Menke Shop 1899 Maynards Mill Road 6,400 $45,000
Hannah Electric Company Electrical 655 Russellville Road $5,000
TR 5 Church Road, Forsyth, 428 Ingram 8r Legrand Lumber acres, $406,150
Paul J. Tyler, 23864 Wendy Road, Forsyth, 230 Hickman
Road, map 039B, parcel 017,
0.999 acres, $139,900
o John K. Schneller and Lisa
A. Schneller, 5520 Peeks—
ville Road, McDonough to
Bryan A. Bowers and Kayla
H. Bowers, 3630 South Ola
Road, Locust Grove, 110 River
Shoals Road, map 26N, parcel
N/A, 1.32 acres, $34,000
Sharon 0. Veal as Executor
34.079 acres, $245,000 of the Estate of Wade Jackson
o Emery D. Guinn, et al, a/k/ a Wade Hampton Jackson
1027 Broken Arrow Trail, and Juanita R. Jacks, Lot 9,
Forsyth to Timothy McPipkin Towaliga Road, Forsyth to Jon
and Brandi S. McPipkin, 1027
‘Broken Arrow Trail, Forsyth,
1027 Broken Arrow Trail, map
0803, parcel 010, $175,000
o Georgia Properties, Inc.,
PO. Box 1970, Jackson to
David A. Hightower and
Amanda L. Hightower, 138
Waterford Place, Macon,
Jenkins Road, map portion of
091, parcel 001, 8.103 acres,
$68,000
W. Hughes, 988 Hwy. 1941.
No. 1798, Hampton, Towaliga
Road, map 037A, parcel 019,
$18,000
. Mary J. Lieck, 11211
Treadwell Road, Forsyth to
Joshua K. Wagner and Mary
Wagner, 1 1211 Treadwell
Road, Forsyth, l 12 1 1 .
Treadwell Road, map 045, par-
cel 033A, 2.3 acres, $187,000
Nov. 27
Nov. 26 - Madison Crowley, 100
- Donna K. Frankenhauser, Sydney Woods Drive, Forsyth
1034 SW County Road 138, to Watson’s Green, LLC, PO.
Fort White, Fla. to Miranda
Leigh Puckett, 1428 Hwy. 74,
Culloden, 14281 Hwy. 74, map
034, parcel 018E, 1.697 acres,
$35,000
o Kelly Van De Vusse, et al,
Box 887, Macon, Watson
Road, map 073A, parcel 005 8r
006, 3.87 acres, $10
o Madison Crowley, 100
Sydney Woods Drive, Forsyth
to Watson’s Green, LLC, PO.
1039 Ponder Trammell Road, Box 887, Macon, Watson
Juliette to Mark Douglas Road, map 073A, parcel 007,
Balltzglier and Amber Franks 3.26 acres, $10
Balltzglier, 230 Hickman
County hikes building inspection, permit fees
By Richard Dumas
lorsyth©mymcmet
Monroe County Commissioners raised
building permit and inspection fees signifi-
cantly on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
At the recommendation of county manag—
' er Jim Hedges and the University of Geor-
gia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government
(CVIOG), commissioners approved by a 4-0
vote to double the cost of a building permit
application fee, raising it from $50 to $100.
Commissioners also increased the cost of
getting a residential and commercial single
trade permit fee from $25 to $40. They also
raised the fee for getting a driveway permit
by four times from $25 to $100.
Commissioners also approved by a 4—0
vote to increase building inspection fees for
residential and commercial properties from
$0.16 per square-foot to $0.43 per square-
foot. While commissioners agreed to cap
residential building fees at a maximum of
$2,000, commissioners put no cap on the'
cost of commercial building fees. How-
ever, the board did agree to work with the
Development Authority of Monroe County
on a case-by—case basis on determining
building inspection fees for large industrial
or distribution properties. Hedges said the
permit fee will enable the customer to re-
ceive seven building inspection visits during
construction, a building code compliance
certificate and a certificate of occupancy. At
Carl Vinson Institute’s recommendation,
commissioners initially considered using
Building Valuation Data from the Interna-
tional Code Council (ICC), which provides
an average construction cost per square foot
by construction classification, as a means
for determining building inspection fees.
However, District 1 commissioner Larry
Evans said he preferred sticking with the per
square-foot cost model the county has previ-
ously used because the ICC method totals
are subject to fluctuations in the economy.
Evans first proposed raising the rate to $0.36
per square-foot, but District 3 commissioner
John Ambrose and chairman Greg Tapley
swayed the board to consider the higher
amount of $0.43 per square-foot.
With the change, the building inspection
fee for a 3,000 square-foot residential home
jumps from $480 to $1,290, an increase of
$810. Also, for example, the building inspec-
tion fee for a 50,000 square-foot commer—
cial complex would go up from $8,000 to
$21,500, an increase of $13,500.
In addition, commissioners established a
new plan review fee for commercial custom—
ers that will charge $150 for any building 1 to
5,000 square feet in size, $300 for any build—
ing 5,001 to 10,000 square feet, $450 for any
building 10,001 to 15,000 square feet, $600
for any building 15,001 to 20,000 square feet
and $600 plus $50 for each additional 10,000
square feet for any building in excess of
20,000 square feet.
Hedges said Monroe County has been
charging the same amounts for building
inspections and permits for more than a
decade and those fees are lower than those
of its surrounding counties. Hedges said
raising the fees should enable the building
department to break even next year. All fees
adjusted or created on Dec. 17 will go into
effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
District 2 commissioner Eddie Rowland
said the reason for the fee hikes is so that the
persons doing the building are the ones pay-
ing for the inspections rather than have the
building department continue to be subsi-
dized by property taxes.
“We’re (commissioners) not looking for a
revenue stream,” Rowland said. “We’re look-
ing for this department to pay for itself’
According to Carl Vinson Institute data,
the Monroe County building inspection de-
partment has brought in between $131,000
and $135,000 in revenue in each of the past
three years. Just over $169,000 was appro-
priated in the 2020 budget for the building
inspection department. However, Hedges
said the actual cost of operating the county’s
building inspection department is just over
$253,000 due to capital needs like a new
truck and new computer softWare. Accord-
ing to the county’s 2018 audit by Mauldin
8r Jenkins, the county lost nearly $40,000 in
2018 on the building department.
District 4 commissioner George Emami
was absent from the Dec. 17 meeting.
Call
Maricha Fry
Cell- 478-737-4461
Office 478-746-2000
Ext. 313
mfry@sheridansolomon.com
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