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Jefferson County committee agrees to add infrastructure requirement for commercial nodes in draft master plan
Summary
Committee members recommended adding language to the draft master plan saying major intersections designated for commercial development should "plan for or make available" roads, water and sewer; members debated how prescriptive the plan should be versus leaving requirements to the UDO and future development reviews.
At a Jefferson County Master Plan Committee meeting on April 16, 2025, committee members agreed to add language to the commercial development chapter of the county's draft master plan stating that major intersections designated for commercial development should "plan for or make available" infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer.
The change, proposed during a line-by-line review of Chapter 6, was framed as a way to make the master plan clearer about the county’s expectation that infrastructure accompany planned commercial growth. Committee members discussed whether the plan should require…
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