Draft code would shift notification work to developers, limit engineer sign-offs and restore simultaneous plat processing

Apr 17, 2026

County staff proposed moving neighbor-notification letter preparation to developers (staff would still mail), requiring engineer approval only when new roads are involved, and restoring the prior option to process preliminary and final plats together under limited conditions.

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Franklin County's draft edits include several procedural changes affecting how subdivisions are processed: developers would prepare neighbor-notification letters (the county would mail them), engineers would be required to sign off only when new roads or road upgrades are involved, and the ordinance would again allow preliminary and final plats to be processed on the same application when no improvements are required.

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