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Consultant outlines recommended approach for Boone County Unified Development Ordinance
Summary
SiteLine Planning presented a 30‑page recommendations report describing how Boone County’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) will be structured, timeline for drafting, and public‑outreach plan; county staff and task force will review and return to the board for next steps during February and March.
Jake Side, founding principal of SiteLine Planning and Zoning, presented an overview of a recommendations report for Boone County’s Unified Development Ordinance on Thursday, saying the county’s zoning and subdivision rules—currently from 2008 and 2001 respectively—need modernization and clearer organization.
Side told the board the UDO project will combine zoning and subdivision regulations, emphasize charts and illustrations to make standards easier to read, and preserve community features while updating technical standards. “We want to update the ordinance to make it easier to understand,” he said, adding that the new code should reduce legal jargon and rely on tables and illustrations so “the average resident or property owner can read and understand what's in it.”
SiteLine reviewed existing zoning and subdivision ordinances, county GIS and land‑use maps, and ten hours of recorded meetings. The firm has met the project task force multiple times, held public outreach events (including county fair tabling and a visit to local high‑school civics classes) and plans a roughly 12‑month timeline. Side said drafting of the UDO regulations is the next phase; the county will review the recommendations in February and March and the consultants expect to begin drafting in late February or early March.
Key recommended changes in the report include consolidating several business and industrial zoning districts into simpler, broader districts, reorganizing administrative procedures and approvals, and placing use regulations, parking, landscaping and sign standards in clearer, illustrated chapters. Side emphasized the UDO “implements the existing plan” and is intended to be a living document to be updated regularly.
What happens next: staff and the project task force will review the recommendations report; consultants expect to return to the board on Feb. 20 with follow‑up information and to begin drafting the UDO text thereafter. Public review and adoption will follow in late spring/summer once draft regulations are prepared.
No formal vote was required for the presentation; board members were encouraged to review the report and contact staff or the consultant with questions in advance of the Feb. 20 meeting.
