SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Zoning changes by a Georgia county that some residents say threaten one of the South's last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave
FILE - A sticker saying"Keep Sapelo Geechee" is worn on the shirt of George Grovner, a resident of the Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island, during a meeting of McIntosh County commissioners, Sept. 12, 2023, in Darien, Ga. Georgia's McIntosh County on Monday, July 15, 2024, said Black slave descendants can't legally force a referendum that could overturn zoning changes they say threaten their island community. SAVANNAH, Ga.
Located on largely unspoiled Sapelo Island, about 60 miles south of Savannah, Hogg Hummock was founded by formerly enslaved people who had worked on the plantation of Thomas Spalding. About 30 to 50 Black residents still live in modest homes along dirt roads in the community, also known as Hog Hammock.
Jarrard argued it would be “constitutionally improper” to allow voters to use a referendum to overturn a county’s zoning decision. But Jarrard’s letter to the probate judge says the zoning decision in McIntosh County should be treated differently. Dana Braun, an attorney for the petition organizers, said McIntosh County’s attorneys have no legal standing to challenge it. He noted the Georgia Supreme Court in its decision upholding the 2022 spaceport vote ruled that the state constitution’s referendum provision doesn’t authorize a county government or anyone else to file any “form of opposition” challenging a petition before a probate judge.
The zoning changes adopted in September doubled the size of houses allowed in Hogg Hummock. Residents say that will lead to property tax increases that they won’t be able to afford, possibly forcing them to sell land their families have held for generations.
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