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Planning commission sends mixed recommendations on growth-management amendments to commissioners
Summary
After extended public and expert testimony, the Planning Commission forwarded staff-proposed changes to the building-permit allocation (growth management) ordinance to the Board of County Commissioners without recommending approval or denial.
The Douglas County Planning Commission considered Ordinance 2021-1589, a comprehensive set of proposed amendments to the county’s building-permit allocation (growth management) ordinance, and voted to forward its discussions and recommended edits to the Board of County Commissioners without recommending approval or denial.
The proposed ordinance would make multiple changes to Title 20.560, including clarifying how accessory dwelling unit allocations are classified; shifting issuance of allocations from fiscal to calendar year; limiting carryover and use of unused allocations (the “excess pools”); striking a banking-and-borrowing provision; and directing periodic review of decennial census data to inform allocation procedures.
Staff Deputy Director Sam Booth summarized the package, explaining the proposed changes were prompted by Board direction after a…
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