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Residents raise concerns about referral agencies and P&Z director authority; county says road and bridge standards will be handled separately
Summary
Multiple speakers at the Park County DSR 1 hearing said draft language grants broad discretionary powers to the Planning and Zoning director and opens referral processes that could delay projects; the county said road and bridge standards are being removed from DSR and will be rewritten as a separate document in DSR 2.
During public comment, Margaret Lohman said a DSR 1 provision that allows determinations "as determined by the P and Z director" gives ‘‘a lot of power to an unelected position that is not accountable directly to the public.'’ Lohman urged that references to the Planning and Zoning director be removed from the draft because the language was inappropriate to grant such discretion.
Lohman also criticized a referral-agency section in the sketch-plan and subdivision-review chapters, saying the inclusion of agencies such as the Wyoming Game…
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