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Residents press San Juan County over land-use ordinance process; commission directs planning, administrators to coordinate
Summary
Dozens of residents told the San Juan County Commission they lack notice and meaningful opportunity to comment on a proposed 2025 land‑use ordinance; commissioners asked staff and the planning and zoning commission to coordinate a general‑plan update and report back by the next meeting.
Dozens of residents told the San Juan County Commission on Aug. 5 that they are frustrated with how the county is handling a proposed update to the 2025 land‑use ordinance and with notices for planning events.
The public comments included multiple complaints that changes submitted months ago have not appeared in the publicly posted draft and that notices of planning staff outreach were not widely distributed. “We are not happy with how this is going,” said Shannon Brooks of the Monticello area, citing petitions and hundreds of signatures she said demonstrate public concern.
Why it matters: The commission and planning and zoning commission are working on related items — a narrow revision to the…
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