Planning and Development: Planning. Twenty-five single family home permits were issued in the month of March with an average square footage of 3,137 and ten multi-family home permits were issued averaging 1,892 square feet each. Eleven fence permit applications and five residential addition applications were received during the month of March. Many of the additions …...Read More →Management Report – April 2018
Planning and Development: Planning. A final report summarizing the process and findings of the Highway 20 corridor study is available on the city’s website at www.cityofsugarhill.com/hwy20plan/. Significant work has gone into land use and real estate analysis as well as the vision and plans to encourage a parkway-like development that is equally inviting to both …...Read More →Management Report – March 2018
Planning and Development: Planning. A draft summarizing the process and findings of the Highway 20 corridor study is available on the city’s website at www.cityofsugarhill.com/hwy20plan/. Significant work has gone into land use and real estate analysis as well as envisioning the development potential of the entire corridor. Development. Eight single family home permits were issued …...Read More →Management Report – February 2018
Planning and Development: Planning. An open house meeting was hosted by the city in early December to gather input on key issues related to future downtown development as a part of the Livable Cities Initiative (LCI). The project team also met a couple of weeks later to review the status and complete the public response …...Read More →Management Report – January 2018
Planning and Development: Planning. A significant amount of work has gone into the Highway 20 corridor study and downtown master plan update this past month. A public workshop was hosted at city hall for each of the two planning projects. The Highway 20 study will wrap up in January and the downtown master plan update …...Read More →Management Report – December 2017
Planning and Development: Planning. Work on the Highway 20 Corridor Study continued through the month of October. Draft recommendations will be ready for public review toward the middle of November. Our final public involvement event is scheduled for the evening of November 28 at city hall. Draft materials are still available for review and comment …...Read More →Management Report – November 2017
Planning and Development: Planning. The department is currently working on completion of the Highway 20 Corridor Study. Draft recommendations will be available to the public in mid to late October. A final public meeting will be scheduled before the end of the year prior to the Mayor and Council considering adoption of the development strategy. …...Read More →Management Report – October 2017
Planning and Development: Planning. The department welcomed a new team member. Randy Warren will serve in the capacity of City Planner. Randy has degrees from the University of Georgia and Georgia State University and has an extensive background in local government planning and development. He recently retired from Gwinnett County where he worked in Planning …...Read More →Management Report – August 2017
Planning and Development: Planning. Background work on a study of the Highway 20 corridor continues. A draft market analysis and vision narrative as well as land use and urban design analysis diagrams will be ready for public response in July. These planning documents are the result of an extensive research and data analysis process and …...Read More →Management Report – July 2017
Planning and Development: Permits. Twenty-eight single family home permits were issued for the month of April with an average square footage of 3,131 and six multi-family home permits were issued with an average of 2,460 square feet. Year to date, there has been a 19% overall increase in residential permits issued as compared to 2016. …...Read More →Management Report – May 2017