Long County to remove roadside signs after one-week notice; commissioners weigh larger lot sizes

Chairman Robert Parker told the Long County Board of Commissioners on March 12 that yard-sale, election and business signs must be removed from county rights-of-way within one week. "All signs must be removed from the right of ways within one week, then the County Road Department will begin to pick them up," Parker said; owners may retrieve signs at the county barn but repeated violations will result in signs being trashed, the minutes state.

Separately, Commissioner James Craft asked the board to consider increasing the minimum lot size for new R-1 Single Family Residential development from 0.5 acres to 2.0 acres. Chairman Parker said the board currently has a moratorium in place and is in the process of rewriting codes and ordinances, indicating the proposal would be considered as part of that process.

The minutes record these as discussion/administrative items; the record does not show a formal vote to change lot-size standards or an enforcement timeline beyond the one-week removal window for rights-of-way signs.