Adding 'Teeth' to County Building Rules

DAYTON – Do you know your county building and permitting rules? Columbia County suggests you reacquaint yourself with them because officials have asked the planning department to brainstorm a way of “adding teeth” to current ordinances.

Jake Davis, Greg Abramson and Kim Lyonnais, with the Columbia County Planning Department, presented information last Wednesday to commissioners on a county-wide problem with building-code violations.

Dilemmas include everything from residents running unlicensed salvage yards on their property to construction of entire – sometimes expensive and elaborate – cabin...