By Michele Smith
The Times
Commissioners Approve Topographic of County
Maps will be used by FEMA, DNR, USDS and the Corps of Engineers
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August 17, 2017
At last week’s meeting the Columbia County Board of Commissioners signed agreements between the county and the U.S. Geologic Survey Department, and between the county and the Department of Natural Resources for high resolution lidar topographic mapping of the county, that will take place in the fall of 2017.
Public Works Director Andrew Woods told the commissioners, “FEMA is on board for flood maps. The DNR is on board for slopes and rockslides. The USDS wants the maps, and the Corps will happily use the data,” Woods said. “It’s pretty exciting stuff.”
The commissioners also approved Wood’s request to move forward with the bidding process for fencing at the transfer station. It was decided not to wait for funds from the state which are tied up because of the delay in passage of the state’s capital budget, but to use county funds since securing the facility is a priority.
Woods pointed out that people are still dumping recyclables behind Dingle’s Hardware store in spite of no container at the location.
Woods said collection for recycling will resume immediately once the capital budget is passed.
Officials from the County Planning and Building Department also came before the BOCC last week.
The commissioners approved a contract for the second half of 2017 for the department’s Voluntary Stewardship Plan.
Director Kim Lyonnaise said the VSP will be done in January, 2019 with implementation following, and with shorelines and critical areas going into the VSP, he said.
The commissioners also adopted Ordinance 2017-03; revisions to Title 17: Subdivisions, and Title 18: Zoning, as described in the Columbia County Ordinance 2017-03, Exhibits A, B, C, D, and E, which was presented to them by Greg Abramson at the County Planning and Building Department.
Some changes were made to setbacks and lot widths and sizes, and a public utility district overlay for residential development was added to the zoning ordinance. Abramson said the ordinance is now more convenient to look up, and compare zoning districts because it has been whittled down from 42 pages of text to just 11 or 12.
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