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Mount Vernon council briefed on Knox County comprehensive plan as city prepares three readings
Summary
Council members were updated on a countywide comprehensive plan that the city is expected to consider; Regional Planning Commission approved the plan with one township dissenting, and city staff will circulate the final version and pending legislation for three readings.
Mount Vernon council members held a short Land Use and Development Committee discussion March 24 on the Knox County comprehensive plan that the city is expected to adopt through legislation set for three readings later that night.
The committee discussion centered on information-sharing rather than debate. Council members were told the plan was approved by the Regional Planning Commission with one township voting no. Staff said the city’s formal action would follow the county’s approval and that legislation to consider adoption of the plan was on the council agenda and would proceed through three readings.
The plan, county staff told the committee, is intended as…
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