In a press release dated for Saturday, February 22, 2025, Coffee County Mayor Dennis Hunt stated:
On February 25, 2025 Coffee County Mayor Dennis Hunt will present to the Coffee County Regional Planning Commission a proposed 90 day moratorium on all major subdivision platt reviews. This moratorium proposal will then be presented to Coffee County’s Legislative Body at their March 11, 2025 meeting, regardless of the Planning Commission’s recommendation. The rural residents of Coffee County have legitimate concerns that they are not adequately represented in the current approval processes for major subdivisions in the Rural Area District of Coffee County. The prerequisites and specific minimum requirements for major subdivisions in these areas should be reviewed and changes made, if deemed necessary. Any proposed changes recommended by the Planning Commission will then need to be voted on by the elected representatives from the Rural Areas of Coffee County. Recent events regarding these large scale developments have left too many voters in Coffee County with the feeling of being disenfranchised in the approval process.
