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Commission presses staff to define viewshed, landform grading and add night‑sky standards to site‑design rules

5498492 · July 18, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners and members of the public urged clearer definitions for subjective design standards (viewshed, landform grading) and asked staff to add night‑sky (dark‑sky) or 'night lighting' language for commercial development and vacation rentals; staff agreed to draft definitions and add lighting references.

Planning commissioners and members of the public pressed staff to replace subjective design language in the Title 17 draft with objective definitions and standards for site design and architectural review.

Commissioner comments focused on several currently ambiguous terms in the draft: “viewshed,” “landform grading” and standards for materials, colors and landscaping. Commissioner Ken Melton described the current phrasing as “subjective” and…

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