County adopts updates to Comprehensive Plan, adds new open-space chapter

The Rules Committee voted to review and adopt updates to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan 2025, including repeal and replacement of Supplemental Chapter No. 1, the Orange County open-space plan, county planning staff said. Alan Sorensen, commissioner of the Planning Department, told the committee the update builds on the county’s 2004 open-space plan and adds a new forestry sector to reflect private landowners enrolled in forestry management programs. The revised open-space chapter includes recommendations, priority projects and implementation actions meant to make the plan easier to follow and implement, Sorensen said. Legislators had no recorded objections and the committee carried the adoption by voice vote. The item was filed as Legislative Request No. 192.