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Planning director urges staff investment; commissioners ask to study expedited outside plan-review option
Summary
Planning Director Eileen Henson described department priorities for Community Planning Month, staffing shortfalls and efforts to update zoning and design standards. Commissioners asked staff to explore whether paid expedited outside plan review could speed development approvals while leaving final review with city staff.
The Sanford Planning Department used the Oct. 13 work session — Community Planning Month — to outline staffing, priorities and a strategy to emphasize resilience, mixed-use and preservation as the city grows.
Director Eileen Henson reviewed her team, recent work on the comprehensive plan and zoning updates, and the department’s focus on context-sensitive infill, historic preservation and multimodal connections. “We prioritize context sensitive, community driven, resilient, and sustainable development,” Henson said, noting…
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