Brooks

is among the county municipalities that are still

mulling over signing off on impact fees for a new

county jail.

Town

Attorney David Winkle told members of the Town

Council that if they decide to impose the fees,

to have the county help with preparing the

paperwork involved. He further suggested that the

town enter into an intergovernmental agreement

with the county to collect the fees.

Assistant

County Attorney Dennis Davenport and county

planning director Chris Venice were asked to a

council meeting to answer questions posed by the

councilmen. It is projected that a vote will come

at the group's Aug. 9 meeting following its

second public hearing on the matter.

In

other business, town planning and zoning

administrator Huie Bray pointed out a problem

with "flag lots," and the definition of

"immediate access" to these lots. He

requested a change be made to the current zoning

regulation that allows the owners of landlocked

properties to have driveways if they had 25 feet

of road frontage.

developer decided to build a small subdivision

using this rule and wanted to build houses with

only a 25-foot-wide road into the neighborhood.

That would cause a problem for fire trucks, which

need to be able to get in and to turn around once

there, Bray said.

Council

approved "a moratorium on building permits

and improvements on lots with road frontage of

less than 100 feet, excluding those lots

previously platted and approved by the town, for

a period of 90 days in order for the Planning and

Zoning Committee to study proper ways in which to

regulate lots commonly called flag lots and bring

recommendations back to the Town Council."

The

council also is in the process of accepting bids

to remodel Hardy Hall, its administration

building behind the Town Hall.

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