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Committee reviews zoning definitions; members ask for clearer glossary entries on buffering, form-based zoning and rural–urban transect
Summary
Members asked planners to confirm whether the draft's descriptions of Euclidean zoning, form-based zoning, buffer zones and the rural-to-urban transect are definitions only or whether they constitute recommendations for county-wide zoning changes; they also asked that buffering terms be defined in the glossary.
The committee reviewed sections of the draft that describe different zoning approaches — Euclidean zoning, form-based zoning, incentives-based zoning and the rural-to-urban transect — and asked staff to confirm whether the text is descriptive (definitions) or prescriptive (a recommendation the county should adopt).
Members warned that the plan should avoid language that appears to recommend a single…
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