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Planning commission approves Chapter 6 subdivision ordinance updates after public hearing
Summary
San Juan County planning officials held a special public hearing on Chapter 6 of the proposed Land Use and Development Management Ordinance and voted to approve the subdivision ordinance updates with the staff edits, moving the chapter forward to the county review process.
San Juan County planning officials held a special public hearing Dec. 31 on proposed updates to Chapter 6 (subdivisions) of the county's Land Use and Development Management Ordinance and approved the chapter as amended by staff.
The Planning Commission opened the hearing to comply with a state mandate that the county adopt an updated subdivision ordinance by the end of the year. Kristen Stellar, the county planning administrator, said the single-chapter hearing focused on meeting the legislature's deadline so the county would not risk losing road funding tied to compliance.
The move shifts review for many smaller subdivisions from a two-step public process'planning commission review followed by county commission review'to an administrative approval process managed by the planning administrator and a multi-disciplinary review team. "We actually have a full review team," Stellar said. "That includes the health department looking at engineered septic. That includes roads, our surveyor,…
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