Prince George County planning commission adopts consolidated meeting schedule, forwards 2024 report; hears updates on comp plan and chicken zoning

PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY — The Prince George County Planning Commission on Thursday, March 27, adopted a revised meeting schedule that consolidates its monthly work session and business meeting into a single evening, approved its 2024 annual report and heard staff updates on the county comprehensive plan, recent actions by the Board of Supervisors and an upcoming zoning-ordinance amendment on backyard chickens.

Tim, planning staff, told the commission the revised schedule would move the work session from a Monday evening into the same night as the business meeting at 5:30 p.m., with an intended work-session length of roughly 45 minutes before the business meeting. "Just a quick note about that. That the, Planning Commission as discussed in the previous meeting, would like to do a consolidation of the work session meeting times and to the same evening as the business meeting," Tim said. Commissioners voted to adopt the new schedule.

The revised schedule is intended to reduce the number of…