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Park County commissioners outline next steps for development standards and regulations update
Summary
Commissioners said round 1 public hearing is closed, a joint work session with Planning and Zoning will review comments, and round 2 will use area meetings ahead of March planning-area feedback; consultants hired through RFP are from Logan Simpson.
Park County commissioners said the first round of public comment on the county's proposed development standards and regulations (DSR) is complete and described a multi-stage plan to review and incorporate feedback.
The county closed the round 1 public hearing, will hold a joint work session with the Planning and Zoning Commission to review hearing comments, and plans area meetings in February as part of a round 2 information-gathering period before compiling materials for March planning-area review.
Commissioners said the county followed its procurement policy in hiring consultants. The county received three proposals; the firm selected was Logan Simpson (lead consultant Melissa, who the commissioners said lives in Cheyenne), with additional support from team members in Utah. The board asked residents to watch legal notices for work sessions, open houses and public hearings and encouraged additional public input.
County staff emphasized that round 2 will include targeted area meetings to collect more geographically specific feedback before returning materials to planning areas next month. Commissioners did not adopt changes during the meeting; they described the schedule and stressed that more opportunities for public comment remain.
Why it matters: the DSR update will reshape land-use requirements and permit processes that affect property owners and developers across Park County. The commissioners said they are aiming for a staged, transparent review that pairs broad public hearings with smaller-area conversations to surface local concerns.
What commissioners said: a county commissioner leading the update clarified the consultant origins after multiple attendees at the public hearing said the team was from Colorado, saying in the meeting that Logan Simpson was selected because of prior rules-and-regulation experience in Wyoming and because the selection followed an open RFP process.
