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Planning staff asks commission whether to rebuild land-use ordinance from 2011 or advance 2025 draft
Summary
Staff asked the Planning Commission for direction on whether to reconstruct the county’s land-use ordinance by updating the 2011 code or to refine the more detailed 2025 draft; commissioners discussed simplicity, definitions, use tables, and how to incorporate Spanish Valley provisions.
Planning staffer Matt McDonald reviewed competing approaches to the county’s land-use ordinance and sought direction from the Planning Commission on whether to start from the 2011 ordinance and add required legal definitions and new sections or to pare back and refine the more detailed 2025 draft. McDonald said the 2025 draft had expanded regulatory content and more chapters, while the 2011 code is simpler to use but has gaps and process problems that have produced litigation, inconsistent interpretations and unresolved cross-references with the Spanish Valley provisions.
Commissioners and attendees debated key…
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