The Zoning Board serves to handle any zoning variances within the City of Scottsboro. Appointed by the Scottsboro city council, they review and rule on any potential hardships taken on
The Scottsboro City Council are discussing an ordinance looking to provide rules and regulations to short-term rentals to ensure that any rental in the city would match any safety codes
On Monday, the Scottsboro City Council discussed a local act that would change municipal elections to follow in line with a state bill that was recently passed. The state bill
The Scottsboro City Council voted to turn the intersection at Andrews Street and Laurel Street into a four-way stop. As of now, the intersection has a stop for Andrews Street but not for Laurel Street, which has caused issues with car wrecks. Police Chief Ron Latimer reported that there have been 35 wrecks at this intersection since 2011, with four of them coming this year alone. With the wrecks coming from an intersection, Latimer also added that these wrecks are often t-bone wrecks with injuries. âThe thing thatâs interesting, over the last 35-40 years, it has gone back and forth. There have been stop signs on Laurel in the past, there have been stop signs on Andrews in the past and that ends up just causing confusion over a generation, itâs been a problem,â city attorney Stephen Kennamer said.
At the Scottsboro City Council meeting on March 1, in an attempt to alleviate extra hours worked by Scottsboro’s department heads, council member Nita Tolliver presented a measure to the
The Scottsboro City Council provided an update on the White Development Company on Monday. Utilizing Amendment 772 under the Alabama State Constitution, the agreement could lead to an economic growth in Scottsboro. The deal includes a national grocery chain, two national retailers and future projects on the site. Council member Mike Ashburn called this deal âa game changer for the city of Scottsboro.â For this agreement, there would either be a tax rebate of 65% of the 3% sales taxes paid to the city from the sales of the shopping center. This rebate would last for a seven-year period, starting from the day of the initial tax rebate payment to the developer or until the total rebate of the sales tax rebate reaches 3.68 million dollars.
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