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August 26, 2015 | miltonherald.com | 75,000 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 10, No. 35
Police seek employee Council tables Arnold Mill code in armed robbery MILTON, Ga. -- The City of Milton Police Department is seeking a 28-year-old Alpharetta man after an armed robbery. Jordan McKensi McCall, an Alpharetta man, is linked to an armed robbery at Dickey’s Barbeque Pit, 13075 Ga. 9, Milton, on Aug. 19. McCall is a former employee MCCALL of the business and has an active warrant for his arrest. He is a thin black male, approximately 6-foot-4 and weighing approximately 150 pounds. Detectives investigating the case also seek information on the two black male accomplices, pictured in security footage from the restaurant. McCall is known to associate in the Johns Creek area. If residents see him or have any information to share regarding the two other men in question, they are urged to contact Det. S.W. Hewitt of the Milton Police Department at 678-242-2612 or by email at stephen.hewitt@ cityofmiltonga.us. Any information on the case can be submit-
Resident objections raise concern
By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. – In a unanimous decision, the Milton City Council agreed to take another look at the Arnold Mill Form-Based Code overlay.
The vote was taken at their Aug. 17 meeting to table the item pending legal review. Despite the discussions and crafting on the code taking place over the past several months, disagreements in the community – notably some landowners along Arnold Mill Road – have raised questions about the proposed code. City Attorney Ken Jarrard said his office will review the
See COUNCIL, Page 29
Police are looking for both Jordan McCall and two men who helped him. ted anonymously to the Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at 404-577-TIPS (8477), online at www. crimestoppersatlanta.org or by texting CSA and the tip to CRIMES (274637). Persons do not have to give their name or any identifying information to be eligible for the reward of up to $2,000.
Conservation subdivision law moves forward Council hammers out details at workshop By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. – The latest discussion of the Conservation Subdivision Ordinance in Milton was held Aug. 20 at a special-called work session of the city council. The meeting was to hash out some of the remaining concerns about the proposed law. A conservation subdivision is a development that allows the builder to condense homes on a smaller amount of property in order to preserve more green space than the law typi-
cally allows. The idea is this would keep more of the city “green” than would otherwise be possible. The city has been working on the CSO for over a year now, with multiple public meetings and drafts. The issue came to a head after the end of the recession when the housing industry picked back up. Residents noticed hundreds of homes suddenly being built on what had been woods or farmland. They worried about the “rural” nature of Milton that caused them to move to the city in the
first place. “We are being developed out as one-acre subdivisions,” said Councilmember Bill Lusk. “We have to take the bull by the horns.” The city is being careful to toe the line between developers’ property rights and the wants of many who live in the city. Lusk said there are some misconceptions as to just what a conservation subdivision does. “It’s not a matter of taking half the site and plop the allowed number of homes right down and cluster [them] in
See SUBDIVISION, Page 4
The proposed Arnold Mill Form-Based Code was tabled at the Aug. 17 Milton City Council meeting.
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