Residents urge Vernon County supervisors to delay comprehensive plan adoption

Feb 21, 2025

Multiple residents and a former supervisor urged the county board to delay adoption of a proposed comprehensive plan, raising property-rights, notice and due-process concerns and asking that the draft be returned to committee for further review.

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Several residents urged Vernon County supervisors to delay or return the proposed comprehensive plan to committee, saying the board is being asked to make multiple consequential decisions in a single vote. George, a citizen member of the county planning commission, told supervisors: "If you vote for the plan, you're voting for countywide zoning," and argued that the plan also endorses adopting a zoning ordinance drafted outside Vernon County that could limit rural residential construction.

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