No Appeal Filed In Shopping Center Denial At Mars Hill/Connector

Maxie Price let the deadline pass on Thursday without filing the threatened constitutional challenge to the decision by the Oconee County Board of Commissioners not to grant a rezone for a shopping center at the Oconee Connector and Mars Hill Road.

Angela Elder-Johnson, Clerk of Superior, Magistrate, and Juvenile Courts for Oconee County, confirmed on Friday morning that Price had not filed suit in Superior Court by the end of the day on Thursday.

Oconee County Attorney Daniel Haygood also confirmed on Friday that Thursday was the 30-day deadline for Price to file the suit to challenge the May 4 decision of the Board of Commissioners to deny Price’s rezone request.

As of Friday, Price also had not asked the Oconee County Planning and Code Enforcement Department to review any modification of plans for the shopping center, which was proposed to include a Publix as well as hotels, restaurants, and a car dealership.

Price has another five months to present a scaled down version of his initial request.

He can come back to the county in 11 months and ask for reconsideration of the request denied on May 4 or for consideration of a modified version of that request.

For more on the story, please go to Oconee County Observations.