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Planning commission adopts revised 'Clay County Compass' comprehensive‑plan update after extended public comment
Summary
After more than an hour of staff presentation and public testimony for and against changes, the Clay County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve a revised comprehensive‑plan update (referred to in staff materials as Clay County Compass), directing staff to return final code revisions later.
The Clay County Planning and Zoning Commission voted Feb. 25 to approve an updated comprehensive plan (referred to by staff as the Clay County Compass update) after a lengthy staff presentation and extended public comment both supporting and opposing the proposed land‑use map changes.
Planning staff presented a revised land‑use map and an exceptions table that would change minimum lot size guidance across unincorporated Clay County, introduce transition zones, expand the "managed growth" area around cities to one mile, and offer new tools such as conservation districts and a half‑mile median‑lot‑size rule in transition areas around Smithville Lake. Staff described the update as focused on the land‑use section of the plan and told commissioners the document is intended to be a "living document" that would be revisited at least yearly.
Kip (planning staff) said the update would allow 5‑acre minimum lots in many areas with prescribed exemptions (farmstead dwellings built before 1980, 10‑acre lots with…
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