Board wrestles with growth-area boundaries as comprehensive plan map is reviewed

Planning staff presented the draft comprehensive plan's future land use map and explained the high/moderate/low growth categories are tied to state definitions and to parcel-level factors such as proximity (200 feet) to public water and sewer, floodplain and watershed protections. "High growth in this, as a reminder in your document, is equal to the state's growth area," the planner said, noting the committee used parcel-by-parcel analysis to refine the map.