Committee narrows Environmental Protection district to steep slopes as first step
Sep 10, 2026
Sep 10, 2026
Committee members agreed to prioritize a steep‑slopes threshold (15% or higher) as a pragmatic first Environmental Protection (EP) district, asking the consultant for clearer slope‑only maps and noting a grant-driven adoption target by mid‑2027.
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A committee member said the maps provided by the consultant were not the aggregated product the group requested and urged a simple, defensible starting point: a steep‑slopes EP district. "I think this could be a steep slopes district," a committee member said during the discussion.
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