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Commission transmits comprehensive‑plan amendment to restore wetland buffers after state reviewers raise questions
Summary
The board transmitted a county‑initiated comprehensive‑plan text amendment intended to restore pre‑2023 wetland buffer requirements; staff asked for a continuance of adoption after several state agencies submitted comments that require follow‑up.
On May 8 the Board of County Commissioners voted to transmit a county‑initiated comprehensive‑plan amendment intended to restore higher wetland buffer protections and remove a 2021 text amendment that opened agricultural lands east of the county's Future Development Area Boundary to higher densities. Staff framed the change as restoring long‑standing development policies that prioritize agricultural uses east of the FDAB and protect watershed and…
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