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October 23, 2014 | northfulton.com | 75,000 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 18, No. 43
FINAL AGREEMENT:
10 billboards City reaches deal with sign company By HATCHER HURD hatcher@nothfulton.com
SWEET 16 JCHS Lady Gladitors win area title, look to state. See story, Page 30.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The Johns Creek City Council announced Monday night that the city had reached an accord with Action Outdoor Sign Co. to have 10 billboards in limited areas of Johns Creek in exchange for some concessions sought by the city. Of course, the biggest concession was the reduction of signs allowed from 31 to 10. The sign company already had the higher number in hand with the most recent Ga. Supreme Court decision. Mayor Mike Bodker and Councilwoman Cori Davenport, in conjunction with city attorneys, negotiated what they said was reasonable and fair. At the Oct. 20 City Council meeting, the agreement was ratified by
See BILLBOARD, Page 4
Main points of the agreement 1. This agreement settles all legal issues related to the case. No damages, attorney fees or any other claim to the city can be assessed. 2. The maximum number of signs that can be built will be 10, double-faced, of which nine are LED and one static. 3. Signs are restricted as to content. They cannot post any messages related to: adult entertainment; strip club; illegal massage establishments, as determined by city ordinance; adult video or bookstores; any activity which is illegal under Georgia or federal law; any obscene material as defined by Georgia law; pawnshops; hookah bars; or payday loan businesses.
NF tornado hits with little warning NWS, local officials confirm Alpharetta not included in tornado warning zone BY CANDY WAYLOCK candy@Northfulton.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – As a tornado touched down early Oct. 14 in North Fulton, traveling along a 7.5-mile path that would take it through Alpharetta and into East Cobb County, many Alpharetta residents were awakened not by
sirens, but generally by howling winds and flying debris. Social media lit up with reports of people finding trees down, backyards destroyed, broken fencing and in one case, a trampoline resting in a neighbor’s tree several hundred feet away. “Woah! Nothing like being awakened to hubs saying ‘we
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need to go downstairs now!’” posted a resident of Greemont Walk in the area along Rucker Road hit hardest by the storm. “Winds horrible and branches hitting house – now the power’s out, basketball hoop is down, neighbor trees down. And where were those alarms that they test every month?” Turns out, Alpharetta never fell under a tornado watch by the National Weather Service
See TORNADO, Page 14-15
Damage reported at the Mayfield Place subdivision, which is off Mayfield Road in Alpharetta. This area was hit by a tornado.