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Minor redesigns can make homes senior-friendly

...are more airtight to better keep cold air outside.If electronic curtains aren't an option, Polhamus recommends ensuring windows are properly sealed and considering shrubs or bushes outside to act as a buffer against wind and cold air.

http://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2013-05-29/minor-redesigns-can-make-homes-seni
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Buffer requirement would apply to plan

...nearby Heritage Hill subdivision complained, Browning said. To appease those residents, the rezoning included a 150-foot buffer between the complex and the neighborhood, Browning said. The same conditions will still apply, he said. The Planning Commission...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/stories/2008/01/02/new_178767.shtml
Bulldozing backyards

...developers to retain a 20-foot buffer from residential development...The disappearance of all the buffers has been a nuisance," the...nearby, as long as adequate buffers and a nice development are...was glad to hear about the buffers, but still has concerns...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/stories/2007/05/06/new_127278.shtml
Zoning ban addresses higher-density subdivisions

...Development Services staff to look into, among other things, adding green space requirements in those developments and increasing buffers between neighborhoods of different zonings.The county is also seeking input from area developers, said Commissioner Ron...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2012-02-22/zoning-ban-addresses-higher-density
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Planning board gives okay for car dealership in Evans

...shield neighbors from excessive lights. Both a fence and tree buffers would be installed to further protect nearby residents.It...development for a "common area" and install a 15-foot undisturbed buffer between different zoning districts, for both residential and...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2012-04-19/planning-board-gives-okay-for-car-d
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In-fill developments creating issues

...proposal to present to commissioners that require developers in these zoning districts to include amenities, open space, larger buffers or other criteria."We need to go from barren land and putting houses on it to barren land and adding open space, greenspace...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-12-05/in-fill-developments-creatin
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Commission OKs sidewalk bids for Mullikin, Cox roads

...Plantation to allow buffers. Commission Chairman...to add a 100-foot buffer between the site and...subdivision, a 25-foot buffer at Washington Road and a 50-foot buffer at Cumberland Drive...grocery store. The buffers were added after complaints...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/stories/2008/10/12/new_478991.shtml
Rezoning plans go to board

...development, the lack of land set aside for schools and inadequate buffers to existing development. Residents of Windmill Plantation...stormwater runoff, potential strain on natural resources, buffers to existing development and traffic. Planning staff recommended...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/stories/2005/12/18/new_5991015.shtml
Tree law might change

...constructed in a development. If those lots are cleared when roads are being built, a provision in the proposal will require that buffers exist and trees are replanted, Ivey added. A subcommittee of the engineering advisory board was set up two years ago to study...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/stories/2010/05/02/new_575426.shtml
Zoning vote likely to be tabled

...acres intended for commercial development, inconsistencies in the developer's application narrative and the adequacy of buffers from existing neighboring development. Tully said Millar's group and the county have worked toward designating land for...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/stories/2005/11/02/new_5578452.shtml
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