Long County approves medical‑hardship mobile‑home variance and authorizes in‑house handling of similar requests

The Long County Board of Commissioners approved Variance V‑024‑001 for Devin M. Newell, allowing an additional mobile home on a parcel because of a documented medical hardship. Chairman Robert Parker said the Long County Health Department had approved the request; the motion to grant the variance passed unanimously.

In the same session commissioners also voted unanimously to authorize that, going forward, the commissioners will approve variance requests for medical hardships in‑house. Commissioner Gerald Blocker moved the procedural change; Commissioner John Reddish seconded the motion and it passed without opposition.

The minutes record the Health Department approval for the specific variance; the board did not record further administrative details about how the in‑house medical‑hardship approvals will be processed (such as documentation requirements, staff review or appeal rights), so those procedural elements remain to be clarified by county staff.

The variance vote and the new procedural policy were both adopted during the April 2 meeting record.