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Franklin County begins comprehensive plan update; planners outline new state mandates, housing and wildfire work
Summary
Franklin County launched its state‑required comprehensive plan periodic update at an April 2 workshop, with planners outlining an 18‑month process to address Growth Management Act requirements including housing allocations, wildland‑urban‑interface policies and a new climate element.
Franklin County commissioners on April 2 held a workshop to begin the county’s 20‑year comprehensive plan periodic update, hear the scope of required work under the state Growth Management Act, and discuss early public‑engagement plans.
Planner West McCart introduced the project and said staff and consulting firm AHBL would lead the process. “This is meant to be very interactive,” McCart said, urging commissioners to direct callers to Planning and Building so the record remains appropriate for decisions. Nicole Stickney, an associate principal with AHBL, described the update as a statutorily required “periodic update” under the state’s Growth Management Act, covering a 20‑year planning horizon and triggering related code and critical‑areas reviews.
Stickney told the board the update will examine urban growth areas (UGAs) and capacity for the county’s two largest cities, update population forecasts and…
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