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White Columns residents at odds with HOA rules on golf cart use By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
meeting March 6. A central aspect of “Grow-A-Row” is to engage residents on multiple food system issues, she said. The Mayfield property was acquired in 2017 under an agreement with Alpharetta, splitting the cost of purchase. During that time, the cities identified a need for a future intergovernmental agreement that outlines daily and long-term decisions,
MILTON, Ga. — Residents of White Columns in Milton are complaining their homeowners association is using a city ordinance loophole to allow all personal transportation vehicles on their streets. At stake here is whether golf carts on streets, which the HOA covenant bans, are permitted within White Columns. Golf carts and personal transportation vehicles (PTVs) have carried separate definitions for more than 10 years, when Georgia passed legislation to address access to public roadways and paths. Cities like Roswell generally make no distinction between golf carts and any other motorized, four-wheel vehicle that travels at low speed. Neither does Milton City Attorney Ken Jarrard, who says golf carts are a colloquial term for a PTVs. Still, the White Columns Community Association, insists that golf carts are different and by covenant, are not permitted on streets within their community. White Columns takes a strict tack on the definition of golf carts and PTVs. State law defines a golf cart as a vehicle used exclusively in an area that includes a golf course. Other HOA-led communities in the state could face the same issue of addressing golf carts on their streets. In 2020, the Milton City Council adopted an ordinance that allows
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Milton Economic Engagement Manager Anita Jupin presents plans for a new community farming program at the Milton City Council meeting March 6. If approved, the program would be implemented on the 12-acre Mayfield Farm, consisting of three land lots off Mayfield Road jointly owned by Milton and Alpharetta. The Alpharetta City Council workshopped the item the same night.
Milton, Alpharetta address plans for Mayfield Farm By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — Three land lots off Mayfield Road, a 12-acre former homestead, could be the subject of a “Grow-A-Row” program. As part of Milton’s goal to hone agritourism, the project would increase food security for local families and expand production at the 2.5-acre Old Rucker
Farm, a joint program between the cities of Milton and Alpharetta. The Old Rucker Farm produces 4,000 pounds of food each year, said Anita Jupin, Milton economic engagement manager. From that harvest, she said 2,100 pounds of food were donated to the North Fulton Community Charities food pantry last year. Jupin presented the program for Mayfield Farm at the Milton City Council