City Council Passes Short Term Rentals Ordinances

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CLEVELAND, Ga.- The Cleveland City Council passed two ordinances for short-term rentals during their meeting on March 14.

Police Chief Jeff Shoemaker promoted Major Wilden. The council also discussed an amendment for alcohol curbside pickup, and they continued discussions on the pawnbroker amendment ordinances.

The council began discussing short-term rentals at the meeting on Feb. 14. This was a continuation of an original discussion that the prior council began last year. To review what was discussed during that meeting about the ordinances please visit https://white.fetchyournews.com/2022/02/15/council-discusses-short-term-rental-ordinance/.

The ordinances that were passed were the 2022-02 zoning amendment and the 2022-03 short-term rental ordinance and application. 2022-02 the zoning amendment is to change zoning districts R1, R2, and R3 to allow short-term rentals into those districts. The short-term rental ordinance and application were approved after many discussions by the council.

Police Chief Shoemaker while promoting Major Wilden to Deputy Chief.

Shoemaker promoted Major Wilden to Deputy Chief at the meeting. Shoemaker stated that this promotion is due to all the support Wilden has provided since Shoemaker came to the job last year. After the promotion Shoemaker delivered the monthly department report to the council. To learn more about the police department visit https://www.cityofclevelandga.org/departments/police_department.php.

The council began the first consideration of the ordinance amendment to allow alcohol to be part of curbside pickups. There were adjustments made after the work session. The locations that provide the service have to show the city proof of their rules for carding, have a specific location for the pickup, and have cameras around that area, as well as follow all other city regulations. Currently, there are only two stores that are applying for curbside pickup.

The discussions on the pawnbroker amendments continued at the meeting as well. This week they reviewed the application fees for both the employer and employees of the company. That included defining which employees would be handling merchandise. They also reviewed the fee adoption schedule. This was the first consideration for both these items, there will be another consideration before the council votes.

Commissioners will set qualifying fees for 2022 candidates Monday

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WHITE COUNTY, Ga. —  The Board of Commissioners will set qualifying fees for candidates who plan to run for elected offices in 2022 when they meet in a regular session Monday, Jan 29 at 4:30 p.m. in the County Administration Building 1235 Helen Highway in Cleveland.

Commissioners will also consider a series of land use applications including the following:

  • Charles Clinton’s request to rezone 4.77 acres on Corporate Drive from A-1 Agriculture Forestry District to Industrial District;
  • Greg Crumley’s request for a conditional use permit on 3.56 acres at 591 Dock Dorsey Road in Cleveland to be placed in the short-term rental program;
  • Michael Gibbs request for a conditional use permit for 7.31 acres on Duncan Bridge Road in Cleveland to be placed in the short-term rental program;
  • Michael Gibbs request for a conditional use permit for 14.13 acres on Duncan Bridge Road to be placed in the short-term rental program;
  • Margaret Loudermilk’s request for a conditional use permit on 1.6 acres at 3529 Chimney Mountain Road in Cleveland to be placed into the short-term rental program;
  • Daniel Rogers’ request to redistrict 2.17 acres at 9 Wild Turkey Trail in Cleveland from Residential Single Family to Residential Seasonal District to be placed into the short-term rental program.
  • Union Grove Campground’s request to redistrict 10.50 acres at 80 Tabernacle Road in Cleveland from Residential Single Family to Agriculture Forestry District.

Commissioners will also hear a presentation of information regarding White County’s receipt of the 2021 Georgia Public Safety and First Responder Supplement Grant.

Under Old Business commissioners will consider:

  • Approval of a memorandum of agreement with the Georgia Department of Transportation for the replacement of Town Creek Road Bridge with White County contributing $75,000 to the right of way phase of the project.
  • Ratification of the county’s acceptance of Georgia Department of Transportation Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant funding in the amount of the lesser of $200,000 of 70 percent of the project cost of the extension of Claude Sims Road.

Under New Business, commissioners will consider:

  • An appointment to the White County Department of Family and Children Services Board to fulfill the remainder of a five-year term that expires in June 30, 2025.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White County Planning Commission will elect new officers Monday

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WHITE COUNTY, Ga. – The White County Planning Commission will elect new officers when it meets in regular session Monday at 6 p.m. in the White County Senior Center, 1239 Helen Hwy. in Cleveland.

The Commission will consider a number of variance requests, including the following:

  • Gary Williams request for a variance for a second dwelling on 130.04 acres located on Paul Allen Road, Cleveland;
  • James Allison request for a variance for access on 46.89 acres located on Goat Neck Road in Cleveland;
  • Casey and Adriane Jones request for a variance for access on 5 acres located on Asa Dorsey Road in Cleveland;

The commission will also consider the following redistricting requests, including:

  • Larry Freeman request to redistrict 6.63 acres located at 9482 Duncan Bridge Road, Cleveland from R-1 Residential Single Family and C-1 Community Commercial to C2 Highway Business District;
  • Louise Christie request for a conditional use permit at 2039 Toll Gate Road, Cleveland to be placed in “Short Term Rental” program;
  • Linda Key request for a conditional use permit at 65 Rose O’Sharon Road, Cleveland to be placed in “Short Term Rental” program;
  • Linda Key request for a conditional use permit at 664 Monroe Ridge Road, Cleveland to be placed in “Short Term Rental” program;
  • Stephanie Silva request for a conditional use permit at 17 Deer Track Road, Cleveland to be placed in “Short Term Rental” program.

Commissioners consider adding parking kiosks at Yonah Preserve Trailhead

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WHITE COUNTY, Ga. – As the number of visitors to Yonah Preserve Trailhead grows, so does cost to maintaining the property and restrooms. At Monday’s work session and called meeting, the Board of Commissioners discussed the possibility of adding a parking kiosk.

Commission Chairman Travis Turner was quick to point out that there would be no cost for admittance. The kiosk would be for parking only and would help the county to recoup some of its maintenance costs. “We’re not talking some astronomical fee,” Turner said. “That is not where we want to go.”

County Manager Jason Cobb said the cost to purchase kiosks “could range from $6,000 or $7,000 and all the way up to $40,000.” The City of Helen has two parking kiosks that cost approximately $15,000 each. The issue was discussed but not voted on.

Land use applications for short term rentals are also growing in number. There were three such requests on Monday’s agenda and Turner said there were six more on next week’s agenda.

Commissioners approved the land use applications for short term rentals for Eduin Rossell on Lookout Ridge in Cleveland and James Allison on Holiness Campground Road but denied the one by Jennifer Palazzo on High Meadow Trail.

The Board also unanimously (Commissioner Craig Bryant was absent) approved the appointment of Bill Scandrett to the Region 2 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board.

Will Wagner, chairman of the Historical Preservation Committee, presented an update on the work the committee has done toward creating a Historic District Overlay that could be incorporated into the county land-use map. The committee was formed in 2019. Wagner said the committee has been meeting monthly and has held several open houses that were well attended by the citizens and that helped to identify many historic sites. The work is ongoing.

 

 

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