Committee continues draft subdivision ordinance review; debates enforcement authority and penalties

Mar 13, 2026

During review of the draft subdivision/land-division ordinance, members discussed assigning enforcement to a zoning or planning and zoning administrator, whether citation authority needs to be explicit, and debated penalty ranges (discussed $100–$1,000) and daily-violation scaling; committee deferred wording and asked corporate counsel to review citation language.

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The committee resumed review of the draft subdivision and land-division ordinance and focused on who should have enforcement authority and how penalties should be structured. Chair opened the section by noting Article 2 (administration) and members discussed whether to name the county 'zoning administrator' or 'planning and zoning administrator' and whether that role should carry explicit citation authority.

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