Planning panel favors 'authorized' over 'permitted' for clearer zoning language

Sep 9, 2026

The Vernon County Planning Commission debated replacing the term 'permitted' with 'authorized' across the draft zoning ordinance to avoid implying an extra permitting step and to keep wording consistent with conditional uses.

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The Vernon County Planning Commission discussed a change to the draft zoning ordinance's terminology, proposing the replacement of the word "permitted" with "authorized" to make ordinary allowable uses clearer.

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