Reject Mountain Hillside Development Ordinance Revision Recommendations Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/reject-mountain-hillside-development-ordinance-revision-recommendations.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:29 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ina Bryant [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367999?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 01:10:45 UTC 17367999 Brian McMahan [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367997?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 01:09:04 UTC 17367997 Larry Putman [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367993?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 01:07:38 UTC 17367993 Patricia Bailey [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367985?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 01:05:41 UTC 17367985 Peet Chambers [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367981?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 01:04:32 UTC 17367981 Elaine Ruiz [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367970?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 01:02:56 UTC 17367970 Joann King [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367967?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 01:01:27 UTC 17367967 Mona Gersky [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367963?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 01:00:04 UTC 17367963 Leslie Rojohn [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367958?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 12:59:05 UTC 17367958 William Shelton [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367955?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 12:57:37 UTC 17367955 Madeleine Watt [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367952?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 12:56:09 UTC 17367952 LD Kranz [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367947?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 12:54:46 UTC 17367947 Ron Robinson [Signature #99] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367937?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 12:53:11 UTC 17367937 Seamus Moose [Signature #98] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17367930?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 May 2014 12:51:30 UTC 17367930 Vickie Davis [Signature #97] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17334730?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 May 2014 11:22:48 UTC 17334730 Elise Wallace [Signature #96] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17187687?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:06:31 UTC 17187687 jen pearson [Signature #95] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17152061?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Apr 2014 08:46:12 UTC 17152061 Mary Joyce [Signature #94] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17151689?utm_medium=rss My parents have lived in Florida since the 1960s. On each of my visits, I've seen how unrestrained development has destroyed that state's beauty and polluted its air and water. We can't let that happen to our mountains!!!

]]> Tue, 8 Apr 2014 05:54:07 UTC 17151689 Julie Fox [Signature #93] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17151577?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Apr 2014 04:43:02 UTC 17151577 Eric Neff [Signature #92] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17150824?utm_medium=rss Numerous articles in scientific literature studying rural development cite landscape features and human capital as the primary factors for preferential settlement and economic development of rural areas. Other words: small towns need something pretty to look at, and motivated, creative people living there to keep them growing. Don't tear up our mountains and alienate our exceptional residents of Jackson County.

]]> Mon, 7 Apr 2014 08:24:50 UTC 17150824 Dr. David Liberman [Signature #91] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17150699?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Apr 2014 07:27:23 UTC 17150699 dana bubacz [Signature #90] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17150678?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Apr 2014 07:15:23 UTC 17150678 Mr David Nestler [Signature #89] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17150672?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Apr 2014 07:13:25 UTC 17150672 Ms Jane SpottedBird [Signature #88] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17150473?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Apr 2014 05:56:02 UTC 17150473 vickie nestler davis [Signature #87] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17149718?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Apr 2014 01:57:10 UTC 17149718 Mr Mark Gilbert [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17146797?utm_medium=rss Please take the time to complete impact studies. I have been witness to hasty developement and the community suffered a high cost. Once the horse is out of the barn there is no getting it back!

]]> Sun, 6 Apr 2014 04:15:25 UTC 17146797 Diane Stumm [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17146172?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Apr 2014 11:53:37 UTC 17146172 Dr. P. Kwachka [Signature #84] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17144328?utm_medium=rss The changes proposed to the original document favor careless, environmentally unfriendly development and are detrimental to the physical beauty of the mountain environment. They are short-sighted and will discourage visitors who value this area for its grand vistas and outdoor recreational opportunities.

]]> Sat, 5 Apr 2014 07:28:07 UTC 17144328 Patricia Rowe [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17139218?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Apr 2014 11:03:19 UTC 17139218 Dr James Hendrix [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17139123?utm_medium=rss Let's protect our watersheds!

]]> Fri, 4 Apr 2014 10:22:14 UTC 17139123 Mr Stanley Finn [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17138982?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Apr 2014 09:28:12 UTC 17138982 Deborah Stewart [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17137523?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Apr 2014 08:47:19 UTC 17137523 Mrs Mary Finn [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17133581?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2014 03:37:28 UTC 17133581 Ms. Dawn Gilchrist-Young [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17133263?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2014 01:24:55 UTC 17133263 carrie kirkman [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17133086?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2014 12:03:38 UTC 17133086 Ms. Lorna Barnett [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17131551?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2014 09:18:34 UTC 17131551 Mr. Russ Harris [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17131279?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2014 06:55:32 UTC 17131279 Beth Budden [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17131066?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2014 04:58:35 UTC 17131066 <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17131001?utm_medium=rss</link> <description><![CDATA[Mr & Mrs Roger Turner, Sylva, NC<p>Aesthetics needs to be part of any viable discussion on economic development, not relegated to a 3rd tier concern.</p>]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 1 Apr 2014 04:30:44 UTC</pubDate> <quid isPermaLink="false">17131001</quid> </item> <item> <title>Mrs. Danell Moses [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17130928?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2014 03:58:29 UTC 17130928 John Cox [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17130835?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2014 03:12:22 UTC 17130835 Lisa Bacon [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17130588?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2014 01:26:03 UTC 17130588 Tracy Rodes [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17130387?utm_medium=rss The proposed amendments to MHDO are too drastic regarding the amount of impervious surfaces & density limits. There is also no need to allow ridge top development. We need to protect what is left of our unbroken mountain viewscapes for the benefit of tourism & future generations.

]]> Tue, 1 Apr 2014 11:37:59 UTC 17130387 Susan Oehler [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17130297?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2014 10:55:29 UTC 17130297 Edith Peden [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17130227?utm_medium=rss I advocate a wide-spectrum constituency approval of slope considerations and the parameters governing future building. No single business group or entity has the answers.

]]> Tue, 1 Apr 2014 10:26:26 UTC 17130227 MR PHIL HAIRE [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17130208?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2014 10:17:04 UTC 17130208 Mr. Garrett Lagan [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17130150?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2014 09:48:59 UTC 17130150 William Kirwan [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17130039?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2014 08:51:16 UTC 17130039 Mrs. Lorna Powell [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17129532?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2014 04:18:42 UTC 17129532 Karen Kandl [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128607?utm_medium=rss I am against the proposed revisions of the steep slope ordinance. Once you lose the beauty of these mountains and these waters, you will never get it back.

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:27:15 UTC 17128607 Hildegard Morgan [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128528?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 06:48:14 UTC 17128528 Jean Forrister [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128394?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 05:38:52 UTC 17128394 Sue Ellen Bridgers [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128356?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 05:23:56 UTC 17128356 Dr Catherine Carter [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128262?utm_medium=rss I do know it's hard to spend months and years crafting revisions and then have them thrown back in your face, and I'm sorry about that; I should've followed the revision process better at earlier stages and given my feedback sooner. Please, though, do consider the county's widespread and really pretty well-informed conviction that these revisions aren't the right ones. Please, too, consider that in the wake of the kind of landslide that Washington's seen this week--a landslide which was predicted often, though the predictions were ignored, and which was strongly correlated to logging and development on a steep slope--there's no bringing back the lives that steep slope development too often costs. Let's get this right on the front end: if we do, we may never know which lives we've saved, but that's a lot better than knowing which ones we might've saved with better planning...and didn't. Thanks!

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 04:37:17 UTC 17128262 Sara Hatton [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128135?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:49:08 UTC 17128135 geraldine velarde-collins [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128129?utm_medium=rss Steep Slope Ordinance revisions as presented by the latest Planning Board are unacceptable & do not protect mountain ridge tops. Critical Landslide mapping has not been done sufficiently nor completed. This is not wise.
Jackson County has some of the most vertical
geography in WNC. Our beautiful ridges, water and heritage need to be protected from further environmental damage by the hands of man.

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:47:33 UTC 17128129 Janice Cox [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128043?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:15:23 UTC 17128043 Ms Lindsay Srebalus [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127546?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:09:01 UTC 17127546 Mr Ben Bridgers [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127545?utm_medium=rss Hillside construction of homes is both dangerous and dumb. Nobody wants such construction except real estate developers and perhaps some construction companies. Bad idea! (But that doesn't mean that the country commissioners will not roll over to the whims of developers and contractors.

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:08:39 UTC 17127545 Ellen Boyd [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127540?utm_medium=rss Building on hillsides is not only dangerous for homeowners, but also for those around and below them. I am strongly in favor of keeping mountaintops free of development- I believe the view belongs to all!

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:05:36 UTC 17127540 William Kane [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127500?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:47:59 UTC 17127500 Dr. David Liberman [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127443?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:22:12 UTC 17127443 Randall Lanier [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127386?utm_medium=rss If we change anything about these 2007 ordinances, the changes are out of the Grandfather clause state and under the guise of the State of NC. DON'T Do It Please!!!

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:56:35 UTC 17127386 Mr. David Teems [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127322?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:24:04 UTC 17127322 David Baker [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127226?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:40:39 UTC 17127226 Mr James Coley [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127082?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:44:27 UTC 17127082 Timm Muth [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127051?utm_medium=rss The only people who seem to want to drastically change the slope ordinance are the developers, builders, and real estate brokers who made such a mess of things in the first place. Just follow the money - that will tell you who's really pushing this agenda.

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:32:01 UTC 17127051 Anna Fariello [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127009?utm_medium=rss There is a misperception that these ordinances need to be revised. It was clear from the public meeting, that the majority of Jackson citizens are in favor of keeping these in place.

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:12:27 UTC 17127009 Dr. Marilyn Jody [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127001?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:08:48 UTC 17127001 Mr Matthew Liddle [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17126956?utm_medium=rss Save the ridge tops from ugly houses, avoid mudslides and sediment in streams from development erosion

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:52:35 UTC 17126956 Mr Theodore Kubit [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17126802?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 06:36:27 UTC 17126802 Charles Stewart [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17126677?utm_medium=rss Elect Brian McMahan for commisioner

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 05:33:58 UTC 17126677 Laura Teems [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17126650?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 05:22:01 UTC 17126650 mrs Barbara Goergen [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17125960?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:01:31 UTC 17125960 James K. Nicholas [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17125793?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 08:34:49 UTC 17125793 Anonymous [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17125756?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 08:10:28 UTC 17125756 Ms Amanda Clapp [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17125644?utm_medium=rss Jackson county is a tourist destination because it is not entirely developed. Our economy depends on it. In terms of water quality, building on slopes is detrimental. Please consider all evidence before making shortsighted decisions.

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:10:55 UTC 17125644 Rev Barbara Jefferys [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17125637?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:10:06 UTC 17125637 Susan Anspacher [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17125598?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 06:55:22 UTC 17125598 Craig Green [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17125469?utm_medium=rss I have personal experience with mudslides in Jackson County and do NOT support any weaker rules reagrding steep slope development.

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2014 05:39:13 UTC 17125469 rev michael jones [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17125168?utm_medium=rss watering down steep slope resolution is a ploy of the realtors and developers. Guess who profits?

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2014 03:46:05 UTC 17125168 James Nicholl [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17125038?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 02:57:44 UTC 17125038 Sae Smyrl [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124746?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 01:06:07 UTC 17124746 Ms Lisa Shearer [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124717?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 12:54:48 UTC 17124717 Anonymous [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124515?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:55:03 UTC 17124515 Dr Steven Yurkovich [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124465?utm_medium=rss As a trained and NC Licensed Geologist it makes no since to move to a new hillside ordinance until all scientific information is in-hand. Wait for that information then proceed to an orderly discussion of that data as to how it may affect hillslope development.

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:40:35 UTC 17124465 Jennifer Cooper [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124410?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:20:19 UTC 17124410 Mr Avram Friedman [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124404?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:18:38 UTC 17124404 Dr Heather Stevens [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124402?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:17:37 UTC 17124402 dr. Anonymous [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124395?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:15:10 UTC 17124395 Mr. Charles Hornbuckle [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124378?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:09:52 UTC 17124378 Charley Barry [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124261?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:31:24 UTC 17124261 Rebecca Berggren [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124236?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:24:01 UTC 17124236 Brent Martin [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124176?utm_medium=rss Check out the latest news in Washington State.

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:11:58 UTC 17124176 Dr. David Liberman [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124123?utm_medium=rss Lets get the data before we make the decisions.

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:51:09 UTC 17124123 RONALD ARPS [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124119?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:50:27 UTC 17124119 Mrs Dona West [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124114?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:47:50 UTC 17124114 MR Tom West [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124112?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:46:42 UTC 17124112 Mr. Douglas Forrest [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124100?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:39:28 UTC 17124100 Mrs. Martha Black [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17124098?utm_medium=rss Please do make changes to the existing slope laws. The old slope laws allowed horrible dis figuration of our formerly beautiful slopes around Cashiers, dotting them with ugly Mega mansions on slopes that are prone to rock slides and earthquakes. It also drives up the cost of emergency fire and health services because of the difficulty in reaching these places.

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