Staff outlines comprehensive-plan amendment, online land-use map and emissions data

Oct 8, 2026

County planners presented a package of 2026 comprehensive-plan changes to align map symbology with zoning, introduce an interactive online future land-use map with environmental-sensitive-area overlays, add emissions data by chapter, and correct farmland-preservation maps to meet state DATCP requirements.

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Nicole Peterson, planner in the Community Development Department, presented the proposed 2026 comprehensive-plan amendment and described multiple technical and visual updates: aligning future land-use map symbology with county zoning, incorporating recently adopted town plans, adding an online interactive land-use map with overlays for environmental-sensitive areas (shoreland, floodplain, wetlands, steep slopes), and adding emissions data across natural-resources, transportation, agriculture, housing and utilities chapters.

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