Commission tackles buffer averaging, variances and 'no net loss' language in critical-areas code
During a work session the Planning Commission reviewed draft changes that clarify administrative buffer averaging, variances handled by the hearings examiner, and a 'no net loss' standard; staff said many edits are organizational rather than substantive.
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Staff presented a revised organization for the proposed critical-areas chapter and told commissioners that many changes are clarifying or relocations of existing language. "We have buffer averaging, we have variances, and then we have reasonable use exceptions," staff said, explaining the three distinct paths the county intends to retain: administrative buffer averaging, variances that go to the hearings examiner, and reasonable-use exceptions for small parcels.
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