City Council Readies to Take Over Services Feb. 1
The Peachtree Corners council passes ordinances to take over several services currently managed by Gwinnett County.
The Peachtree Corners City Council used Tuesday night's meeting to pass ordinances in preparation of a Feb. 1, 2013 deadline to take over several of the services currently managed by Gwinnett County. The City Council approved a first read of a resolution to adopt and approve a fee schedule for building permits and also for adopting election fees for city elections. Diana Wheeler said the building permit fees will be structured differently than how Gwinnett County currently manages and collects the fees. "The county's process is not as customer friendly," explained Wheeler who said the county charges several fees, an initial fee then several more throughout the permitting process. Wheeler proposed a one-time fee that would be slightly …
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2:39 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
With 250 more apartments planned to be built across from The Forum adding to the 50% ratio of apartments to homes, traffic, school crowding, loss of home values, etc., what, if any, action will our expensive city take to try to prevent this? See, http://link.patch.com/50f46f6e1e240a9c3f1927a850f6f86ed2f880e44e0003d7/UPQScvgFb08VhPoJAaf47. A report from Patch would be welcome. more ›