Fairhope, Alabama
ILLEGAL EXCAVATION FILLED IN
After appropriate fees were paid and erosion controls installed, the city's building department issued a land disturbance permit ... and the unauthorized foundation work for a new gas station that was begun just after the new roundabout opened on August 1st has been filled in and smoothed over by the contractor.
The contractor thought the permit he obtained for the adjacent roundabout work was adequate, according to an informed source.
After actual building plans for the new station are submitted and reviewed, a building permit will be issued if all other city regulations on the books are met -- and construction could resume.
If the building permit is denied for some reason, the applicant could appeal to civil court for relief.
UN-ZONED PROPERTY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
It is difficult to pinpoint from the county's planning map (below), but the site appears to be in county planning district 17 where residents have not yet enacted land use planning/zoning; but the city still issues building permits there in its ETJ (extra territorial jurisdiction): within its five mile policing jurisdiction (roughly all the way to Fish River).
In order to enact land use planning, residents of district 17, and 14 just to the east, will need to petition the county commission for a voter referendum -- and if it passes a committee of citizens will be appointed to classify all property in each district.
That has already been done in Pt. Clear's district 26 and east Daphne's district 15 to the north as well as others south (in yellow on the map).
City limits appear in green on the map.
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| CR13 site filled in and smoothed over now |
ILLEGAL EXCAVATION FILLED IN
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| permit issued |
The contractor thought the permit he obtained for the adjacent roundabout work was adequate, according to an informed source.
After actual building plans for the new station are submitted and reviewed, a building permit will be issued if all other city regulations on the books are met -- and construction could resume.
If the building permit is denied for some reason, the applicant could appeal to civil court for relief.
UN-ZONED PROPERTY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
It is difficult to pinpoint from the county's planning map (below), but the site appears to be in county planning district 17 where residents have not yet enacted land use planning/zoning; but the city still issues building permits there in its ETJ (extra territorial jurisdiction): within its five mile policing jurisdiction (roughly all the way to Fish River).
In order to enact land use planning, residents of district 17, and 14 just to the east, will need to petition the county commission for a voter referendum -- and if it passes a committee of citizens will be appointed to classify all property in each district.
That has already been done in Pt. Clear's district 26 and east Daphne's district 15 to the north as well as others south (in yellow on the map).
City limits appear in green on the map.
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| Baldwin county planning districts |
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