Toccoa Commissioners Approve Millage Rate

Toccoa’s City Commission keeps the millage rate the same for 2016.
At Monday night’s Toccoa City Commission meeting commissioners approved the proposal to keep the millage rate the same as the last four years at a rate of 6 mills. Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse says taxes will be mailed out September 15th with a due date of November 15, 2016.

In other news from Monday’s meeting The Toccoa City Commission approved the zoning ordinance that would officially define accessory dwellings on residential properties.

City commissioners looked at proposed language for a definition at a work session last week upon the recommendation of the Toccoa Planning Commission.

Under the new amendment, an accessory dwelling would be defined as an accessory structure to a dwelling, single-family attached or detached that meets a number of standards.

The new guidelines would allow an accessory dwelling to be located in a second floor over a detached garage or as a separate structure.

Other standards include having no more than one accessory dwelling per lot, complying with all health code and building standards, being located only within the rear yard, complying with all existing minimum setback requirements for the residential property, complying with all minimum lot area standards already in the city’s zoning rules, having no separate utility accounts, and limiting the size to 960 square feet with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and one kitchen.

City commissioners held a public hearing on the proposed ordinance change at their meeting on Monday, but with no comment moved forward and approved the adoption of the amendment for accessory dwelling.