ELLIJAY, Ga. – Despite being ready to go forward with the first reader of changes to the Land Ordinance in Gilmer County, Commissioners listened to a speaker in the Public Hearing who requested they push the ordinance back a month.

Devell Frady stood in Public Comments to ask for the extension as he said he hadn’t heard about it until two days before the public comments.

Agreeing to stall the decision, the board will be re-advertising the ordinance in the next month and holding a new public comments session as well. Having completely restarted the process, Frady said it will give the Builders Association and surveyors more time to read through the changes.

Frady thanked the Commissioners for listening to him and others as they asked for a change to R3 zonings. He also thanked them for listening again as they agreed to allow another 30 days for the public.

The changes will instate new R-4 zoning that all current R-3 could be moved into, and allowing a new R-3 Zoning.

The changes also deal with adding in capabilities for Duplexes and similar structures.

Make sure to see the changes and updates in the Land Use Ordinance before next month’s return to the issue.

The county has already advertised a new Public Hearing for February 14, 2019, at 5:00 p.m.