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Moratorium in place for north Ga. 9 Stops rezonings from Bethany Bend to county line By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com MILTON, Ga. – The Milton City Council has placed a morato-
rium on new development for a portion of Ga. 9 for up to 30 days. This ban affects all rezonings of property. It does not
limit the ability of property owners to develop their land as currently zoned or permitted, only those that would require them to appear before the
council for approval. The moratorium spans from Bethany Bend north on Ga. 9 to the Forsyth County line. City Attorney Ken Jarrard said the moratorium was needed in the area. The city
had approved a “Ga. 9 North Visioning Study,” in an effort to rein in uncontrolled development along one of Milton’s strongest commercial areas. Jarrard said the morato-
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Milton team rescues trapped horse Forsyth, Milton free horse from ditch By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – Milton’s horse rescue team was called out Wednesday, June 11 to help a stuck horse in Forsyth County. The four-member crew was called to an area near Stablegate Court in Forsyth County after a report of a horse stuck in a muddy ditch. A 28-year-old horse had fallen into a creek bed and, due to heavy rains, had be-
come trapped in the mud. This only became worse when a tree branch fell on the animal. Milton Fire Battalion Chief Bill Bourn said the horse may have been stuck overnight. “He had possibly lain there all night trying to get up and was physically exhausted,” Bourn said. “And it was so muddy, he couldn’t get his legs under him to stand up.” Firefighters from Milton and Forsyth County placed a harness around the animal and dragged him out of
Milton and Forsyth County fire crews managed to free a trapped horse from a muddy creek bed June 11. The horse was unharmed. the mud 15 feet to the street, where he could get his footing. “He was able to stand up on his own after that,” Bourn said. All told, it took about 30 minutes of work. While many fire departments are trained in large animal rescue, Milton is one of the few departments in the re-
gion with equipment capable of helping horses and other large animals out of tight spaces. Called “Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue,” or TLAER, the prevalence of horses in Milton convinced the fire department to invest in horse rescue equipment. Bourn said the TLAER crew
could go months without a call and then get two in two days, but rain is a common factor. “It presents more of a possibility for a horse to get in a predicament,” he said. Milton has a mutual aid agreement with surrounding cities to respond if they wish to such incidents.
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