Commissioner to hold virtual meeting on Cobb code amendments

Cobb commissioner virtual meeting code amendments
Jerica Richardson

Cobb commissioner Jerica Richardson’s latest “Community Huddle”—a virtual meeting for constituents to discuss county government issues—concerns proposed code amendments.

The meeting takes place Saturday, Sept. 3, starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday via Zoom (you can sign up by clicking here).

Among the proposed changes are for trash collection services that has prompted a special board work session Wednesday.

Cobb code amendments are updated twice a year, and the current proposals cover 10 areas of the ordinance.

The Cobb Community Development Agency is coming back to commissioners to attempt to regulate AirBNB short-term rentals, especially AirBNBs (Chapter 78).

The proposed amendment would require a short-term rental certificate from the county business license office, a local agent to be available 24 hours a day and following occupancy and vehicle limits.

The county also is proposing to expand its authority in the inspection of multi-family rental housing units (Chapter 18) to include a required occupational tax for apartment complex owners and inspection of a quarter of a complex’ units every year.

Commissioners will hold specific public hearings on the code amendments on Sept. 13 and Sept. 27, before voting on them on the latter date.

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