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Resident urges broader notice for major developments; commission discusses changing public-hearing radius
Summary
A Cottage Grove resident said the village’s comprehensive plan is hard to find and that the 400-foot notice radius can leave neighbors unaware of projects that will affect them. Planning commissioners debated options including scaling notice distance by project size and expanding electronic notices.
Abby McDowell, a homeowner at 208 Heather Drive, told the Village of Cottage Grove Planning Commission that she had trouble finding the village comprehensive plan online and called the current public-notice process misleading for nearby residents. “It took me 15 minutes and a lot of random clicking before I found it,” McDowell said, adding that residents along Taylor Street should have been told about a rezoning request affecting their neighborhood.
The exchange came during the commission’s public-appearance period and later framed a discussion about whether the village’s 400-foot public-hearing notice requirement should change.…
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