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Residents favor PSAs and open‑space updates; county plans overlay and form‑based follow‑up
Summary
Planners reported positive public feedback for PSAs (Potential Service Areas) and open‑space/conservation elements at Marion Oaks and Silver Spring Shores; staff plans an overlay and form‑based code work next.
County planning staff told the board that public engagement on the proposed Potential Service Areas (PSAs) and conservation/open‑space revisions was largely positive.
Blair Knight and Kimberly Horn said in-person workshops in Marion Oaks (about 70 attendees) and Silver Spring Shores (about 20 attendees, a "hot dog Saturday" outreach event) and an online survey (about 150 participants) showed broad support for the conservation and open-space revisions and for the PSA concept. Knight said roughly "96% were green" in Silver Spring Shores and that many online respondents supported the proposed PSAs for the right locations.
Staff proposed keeping PSA language general in the comprehensive plan and using the land-development code to define how PSAs will look and operate. The initial focus would be county-identified example sites—Marion Oaks and Silver Spring Shores—but commissioners asked staff to clarify that the plan would not limit PSAs to those two locations. "I don't like limiting it to just those sites," one commissioner said; staff agreed to present the draft as a policy tool with the mapped sites described as examples rather than an exclusive list.
Planners recommended follow-up steps including an overlay and charrettes (community design sessions) and later form‑based code work to implement PSA standards. No formal vote was recorded; commissioners directed staff to proceed with outreach and to refine the draft language to avoid implying the county itself will develop sites.
