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Supervisors table proposed rules for conditional-use permit expirations after public concern over administrative authority
Summary
A Planning Department draft to allow the zoning administrator to administratively expire unused or abandoned conditional-use permits was sent back to staff after residents and supervisors raised due‑process and notice concerns.
At a public hearing on a Planning Department text amendment, Warren County supervisors asked staff to revise proposed procedures that would let the zoning administrator administratively expire conditional-use permits (CUPs) when a permitted use is not established or has been abandoned for three years.
Planning staff said the draft separates “expiration” (an empirical determination) from “extension” (a discretionary, legislative decision). Under the draft, the zoning administrator would send a certified notice of impending expiration, and the permit holder would have 30 days from receipt to request a board extension; a $100 fee would apply to…
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