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Cowlitz County to revisit BPAC draft on private-road standards; legal and code changes likely
Summary
County staff told commissioners they will revisit a BPAC draft governing private roads after adopting short-plat revisions, and that many of BPAC’s requested standards will require county code amendments and legal review.
Cowlitz County staff told the Board of Commissioners they will return to a Building and Planning Advisory Committee (BPAC) draft that sets standards for private roads, but said portions of that draft would require formal county code changes and legal review before adoption.
The matter matters because the BPAC draft contained design standards commissioners and staff say would raise construction and safety expectations for private developments. Staff said they recently completed a short-plat revision and paused further changes while the short plats were processed, but now seek direction on next steps for…
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