Polk County planning director outlines zoning ordinance changes for Fulton

Heather, identified in the meeting as executive director of the Polk County Planning Commission, presented a package of zoning ordinance amendments the county had prepared. She said the proposals replace an ambiguous "detached additional living spaces" category with a defined "detached accessory dwelling unit" with regulations, add solar permitting language, remove utility substations from the district lists, and add tiered definitions for battery energy storage systems (Tier 1 permitted broadly; Tier 2 limited to commercial/highway/industrial/ag districts).