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Board pauses Berkeley zoning rewrite work to regroup, seeks clearer instructions and redlines
Summary
Supervisors agreed to pause work with the Berkeley Group until staff and the board can present a clearer, single set of directions and redlined comparisons between existing ordinance language and proposed new districts; members debated 30 vs. 60‑day timelines and whether additional public engagement should precede resumed work.
Chairman Johnson and fellow supervisors agreed during a lengthy work‑session discussion to suspend active work with the Berkeley Group on the county’s zoning rewrite until the board and staff can clarify a single set of directions and provide clearer redlines and a menu of options for review.
The county’s planning and Berkeley Group draft—a multi‑section document that attempts to move existing zoning into a new structured format with five new “primary districts”—prompted extensive board discussion about process and clarity. Chairman Johnson said he wanted Berkeley to “suspend operations for the time being, and we'll reengage with them when we are better able to define what our expectations are.”
Nut graf: Supervisors said the draft packet was difficult to parse (existing versus new language), and several members urged that Berkeley present the current ordinance text “plugged into” the new format,…
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