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Planning commission backs ordinance requiring maintenance plans for closed golf courses
Summary
After a staff and legal presentation, the commission approved changes that require maintenance plans for golf courses that cease commercial operations and raised nuisance fines; staff and D.A. clarified the proposal applies to golf courses, not general agriculture or open space.
The Douglas County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend Ordinance 2021-1587, a zoning-text amendment that would require a maintenance plan for golf courses that cease commercial operations and increase certain public nuisance fines.
Deputy District Attorney Doug Ritchie and Community Development Deputy Director Sam Booth presented the drafting rationale. Ritchie said the changes respond to residents’ concerns that large, unmaintained golf-course landscapes can pose fire, mosquito and blight risks if commercial operations stop and no maintenance…
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