Welcome to the Oconee County Planning Department
MEETING SCHEDULE & NOTICES
Anyone wishing to submit written comments to the Planning Commission or the Board of Zoning Appeals can send their comments to the Planning Department by mail or email any of the Planning Staff.
Community Meeting Schedule
Zoning and Comprehensive Plan Briefing
* All meetings will begin at 6:00 pm and end by 8:00 pm
| Planning District | Location | Date |
| Walhalla | County Council Chambers | Tuesday, July 29, 2008 |
| Seneca | Seneca High School Cafeteria | Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
| Salem | Salem Community Center | Thursday, August 7, 2008 |
| Westminster | West-Oak Middle School Cafeteria | Thursday, August 14. 2008 |
| Fair Play | Fair Play School/ Community Center Cafeteria | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| Keowee | World of Energy | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| Mountain Rest | To Be Announced (TBA) | TBA |
| Long Creek | TBA | TBA |
| Corinth-Shiloh | TBA | TBA |
| Keowee Ebenezer | TBA | TBA |
| Oakway | TBA | TBA |
| West Union | TBA | TBA |
| South Union | TBA | TBA |
| Friendship | TBA | TBA |
| Picket Post/ Camp Oak | TBA | TBA |
| Crossroads | TBA | TBA |
| Cleveland | TBA | TBA |
Frequently Asked Questions at the Community Meetings (click here)
Draft Zoning Enabling Ordinance (link to September 17, 2008 draft on County Council's website)
NEWS RELEASE
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has begun a 90-day comment period on new floodplain information for Oconee County. An update of Base Flood Elevation (1-percent annual chance) has been finished, and the information is now available for public review. on the Preliminary Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) of your community. These proposed Base Flood Elevations are the basis for the floodplain management measures required for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). A community's failure to participate will result in:
- The loss of flood insurance coverage
- No federal grants or loans in identified flood hazard areas
- Limited disaster insurance
- No federally-backed mortgages in identified flood hazard areas
In the event the new information indicates that you may need flood insurance, acting prior to the date FEMA designates the maps to be official can result in significant savings on premiums.
Copies of the new maps may be reviewed in Room 210 at the Pine Street Administrative Complex, 415 S. Pine Street, Walhalla, SC 29691. Appointments may be made with the County Floodplain Manager to review and discuss the changes, and the options available to he public. Contact Mark Washington, County Floodplain Manager, for more information.