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News Articles: zoning laws

A home in Hogg Hummock - Sapelo Island Credit: Brian Brown/Vanishing Georgia

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Sapelo Island residents renew rezoning fight at historic community

Black residents of Hogg Hummock on Sapelo Island refiled a legal challenge to zoning they fear will lead to higher taxes and push them off their ancestral Gullah Geechee community in McIntosh County.

June 17, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Landers
Residents, landowners and supporters of the Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island fill a courtroom, Sept. 12, 2023, in Darien, Ga.

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Slaves' descendants seek a referendum to veto zoning changes they say threaten their Georgia island

Lifelong residents of a tiny Georgia island who are descended from slaves are pushing to give voters a chance to override local zoning changes that they say threaten one of the last Gullah-Geechee communities in the U.S. South.

September 28, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A new 400-Home Project in Forsyth County will mean Hundreds of Construction Jobs

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Study: Georgia cities and towns may need to adjust zoning for greater housing density

Georgia’s population is growing, and that growing population needs housing. A new study by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation says some counties and municipalities some might need to change their zoning to allow for greater housing density.

September 19, 2023
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By:
  • Peter Biello
A mock-up of a horned, winged dragon sits on a work table with tools underneath a canopy.

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Plan to build massive dragon sculpture on Georgia mountaintop scrapped

The sculpture would have been half the size of a football field and some residents interpreted it as "scary" and "nightmarish."

July 27, 2023
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
Campbell & Sons Funeral Home at 124 W Park Ave

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Commission denies building demolitions near Savannah's Forsyth Park

The Historic Preservation Commission says the buildings, including the Campbell funeral parlor that serves Black Savannahians, have "contributing status."

July 03, 2023
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  • The Current
The Big House Museum

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Macon neighbors oppose The Big House Allman Brothers Museum’s new zoning definition

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning approved the museum’s amendment that could allow special events in the county’s historic residential districts. 

April 13, 2023
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
Dueling signs dot Virginia's Arlington County as residents debate the zoning reform proposal. This photo first appeared in DCist. Click <a href="https://wamu.org/story/23/01/20/arlington-missing-middle-housing/">here</a> to read that story.

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The U.S. needs more affordable housing – where to put it is a bigger battle

American suburbs mandated single-family homes generations ago, often to segregate areas by race and class. New laws allow more-affordable options like townhomes but construction so far has been slow.

February 13, 2023
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  • Margaret Barthel and
  • Jennifer Ludden
 Aerial view of wetlands that would be filled in under a plan to build a landfill in Brantley County. Photo contributed by the Satilla Riverkeeper

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Brantley County residents still hope to lay waste to landfill OK’d by state EPD

Local officials say they were led to believe a 100-acre landfill project was a waste-to-energy plant. When prompted, top county leaders issued letters in 2014 and again in 2015 saying a solid waste handling facility would fit with local planning rules — approval county leaders are desperately trying to claw back now.

September 23, 2022
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  • Jill Nolin
Hurricane Irma damaged homes in the Florida Keys in 2017. A new study finds buildings in the contiguous U.S. are concentrated in disaster-prone areas.

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More Than Half Of U.S. Buildings Are In Places Prone To Disaster, Study Finds

Buildings are concentrated in places that are likely to be hit by a disaster such as a hurricane, flood or wildfire, researchers found. That includes both urban and rural hotspots.

June 24, 2021
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  • Rebecca Hersher

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As Major U.S. Cities Push To Diversify Housing, Atlanta Suburbs Aren't Ready For Change

In many American neighborhoods, it's illegal to build anything other than a single-family home on most lots zoned for residential properties. Take Sandy...

June 25, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott

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On Second Thought For Tuesday, June 25, 2019

On most residentially-zoned lots in American neighborhoods, it is illegal to build anything other than a single-family home. In Sandy Springs, 85% of...

June 25, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 5 more

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