On Tuesday evening, a group of citizens held a meeting at the Chattooga County Civic Center to discuss problems that they see with a land use ordinance adopted by Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry earlier this year.

Commissioner Elsberry was invited to the meeting, but said he had prior commitments and couldn’t attend.  He reportedly told the citizens that if they wanted to address any issues, they should come to the next planning committee meeting in October.

There was a large turnout for the meeting.

Some of the issues the citizens group are concerned with include the lack of appeals process for the ordinance and the fact that the sole commissioner of the county can arbitrarily override any part of the provision – or of the committee that he appointed.

You can see a document put together by the citizen’s group concerning issues they would like to have answers from the commissioner about here:  CC LDO Meeting Presentation 09.13.22 (1)

Commissioner Elsberry says that some of the issues the group are concerned with are being addressed.

You can watch last night’s meeting on WZQZ’s Facebook page by clicking HERE