By Mike Brown
For Bryan County Now
It was two years in the planning but the Ford Avenue Historic District is now officially a designated area in the city of Richmond Hill.
City Council approved an amendment to an ordinance creating the city’s first historic district at its regularly scheduled Jan. 5 meeting which was a quick moving one lasting roughly 25 minutes with all items on the short agenda approved with minimal discussion.
Assistant City Manager Scott Allison, noting the ordinance had been discussed at two workshops, at a public hearing and had a first reading at the previous council meeting said the amendment was “primarily a house-cleaning exercise” as he explained the change was to repeal some conflicting ordinances.