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County adds building, zoning standards
12/30/20 12:00 AM
In an effort to prevent low-quality housing in unincorporated Johnson County, the Johnson County Plan Commission and Board of Commissioners recently approved the county’s first set of subdivision design standards.
The standards address common complaints that remonstrators make about new subdivisions, such as lot sizes, fencing and construction materials, said Dan Cartwright, a plan commission member.
“We have more growth in Johnson County than we’ve ever had,” Cartwright said. “There are so many subdivisions and almost all of them going in have had a significant amount of remonstrators.”
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Out of reach: Greenwood family struggles to find house within their budget
They moved into a trailer, a temporary home while they searched for a house.
That was three years ago.
Finding a new place to live in Greenwood proved to be harder than the Meredith family thought.
Nathan Meredith, his wife Samantha and his four kids moved into a three bedroom double-wide in the Winterbrook neighborhood in 2017.
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Homes for sale in the Southern Pines of Greenwood neighborhood. Daily Journal File Photo
A home for sale in Bargersville. Daily Journal File Photo
Homes for sale in the Southern Pines of Greenwood neighborhood. Daily Journal File Photo