(Tentative) Board of Commissioners Work Session Agenda Tuesday, October 21, 2025 04:00 PM Effingham County Administrative Complex Meeting Chambers

The Georgia Conflict of Interest in Zoning Action Statue (O.C.G.A. §§ 36-67A-1 et seq.) requires disclosure of certain campaign contributions made by applicants for rezoning actions and by opponents of rezoning application. A rezoning applicant or opponent of a rezoning application must disclose contributions or gifts which in aggregate total $250.00 or more if made within the last two years to a current member of Effingham County Planning Board, Board of Commissioners, or other Effingham County official who will consider the application. The campaign contribution disclosure requirement applies to an opponent of a rezoning application who publishes his or her opposition by appearance before the Planning Board or Board of Commissioners or by any other oral or written communication to a member or members of the Planning Board or Board of Commissioners. Disclosure must be reported to the Board of Commissioners by applicants within ten (10) days after the rezoning application is filed and by opponents at least five (5) days prior to the first hearing by the Planning Board. Any person knowing failing to comply with these requirements shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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I.Call to Order

II.Work Session Topics

  1. 1.Discussion of an amendment to the Effingham County Code of Ordinances, Part II, Appendix C - Zoning Ordinances, Article V - Uses Permitted in Districts, Section 5.19 - Ebenezer Historic Overlay District

  2. 2.Discussion to amend the Effingham County Code of Ordinances, Part II, Chapter 30 - Environment, Article X - Tree Protection & Preservation

  3. 3.Discussion of an amendment to the Effingham County Code of Ordinances, Part II, Appendix B - Subdivision Regulations

  4. 4.Discussion of an amendment to the Effingham County Code of Ordinances, Part II- Official Code: Chapter 10- Animals of the Effingham County Code of Ordinances

  5. 5.Discussion to amend Appendix C - Zoning  Ordinance, Article III- 3.46- Accessory Dwelling Unit of the Effingham County Code of Ordinances

  6. 6.Discussion of an amendment to Appendix C - Zoning Ordinance, Article III- 3.3 Accessory Structures in Residential Districts of the Effingham County Code of Ordinances

III.Adjournment