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Councilors flag map showing agriculture only as primary in rural areas; ask planners to clarify
Summary
During a Jefferson County Council work session, members questioned a master-plan map that marks agriculture as a primary land use only in rural areas and asked staff to confirm whether agriculture should be shown as a primary use across suburban and urban categories or otherwise clarify the chart.
Jefferson County council members pushed planning staff to clarify how the draft master plan classifies agriculture on the land-use chart on page 36, saying the chart appears to show agriculture as a primary use only in rural areas even though planning-and-zoning discussion indicated agriculture is allowed countywide.
The issue arose when Councilman Tulloch and other council members reviewed a map and a table intended to depict “primary,” “secondary” or “conditional” uses by area type. Councilman Tulloch said comments at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting described…
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