NOTICE OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
Notice is hereby given that the Rabun County Board of Commissioners shall consider, at its regular monthly meeting to be held at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, in the court room of the Rabun County Courthouse, 25 Courthouse Square, Clayton, Georgia 30525, on the second reading, the adoption of an ordinance. This ordinance pertains to:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 56 OF THE RABUN COUNTY CODE TITLED ZONING (amending Section 56-26 and adding a new Section 56-27, which provides that the Vacation Cottage (V-C) district extends 500 feet, measured horizontally, from the high-water mark of Lake Burton, Lake Rabun, Lake Seed, and Tallulah Falls Lake; that any fee simple parcel dissected by that 500-foot line shall be zoned Vacation Cottage (V-C) in its entirety; and that if such a parcel is later divided, only the resulting parcel(s) dissected by or lying within the 500-foot line remain V-C, with any resulting parcel lying wholly beyond the line reverting to Agricultural (A) or its previous zoning. The amendment does not apply to lots leased from Georgia Power Company).
The property affected is all fee simple parcels in unincorporated Rabun County that are dissected by the line 500 feet from the high-water mark of Lake Burton, Lake Rabun, Lake Seed, and Tallulah Falls Lake. The present zoning classification of the portion of each such parcel lying beyond the 500-foot line is Agricultural (A); the proposed zoning classification of the entire parcel is Vacation Cottage (V-C).
At said meeting, the Board of Commissioners will discuss, consider and receive public input concerning the proposed Ordinance amendment. A copy of said Ordinance amendment is on file for public inspection at the Office of the Clerk of Rabun County Superior Court for the purpose of examination and inspection by the public and also at the Office of the Clerk of Rabun County Commissioners, Rabun County Courthouse, Clayton, Georgia.
4C-10/1-10/22/2026