Weston commission adopts comprehensive plan amendments on first reading, including 10- and 20-year horizons and new property-rights element

The Weston City Commission voted unanimously on May 19 to adopt on first reading an ordinance that updates the city's Comprehensive Plan to reflect Evaluation and Appraisal Report-based changes, add required property-rights language and identify 10- and 20-year planning horizons.

The amendments stem from a state-mandated evaluation process the city must complete every seven years and include technical updates across multiple plan elements, city staff told the commission. The measure passed by roll call vote during a public hearing in which the commission was sitting simultaneously as the local planning agency.

Jim Hickey, Director of Development Services, summarized the package to the commission, saying the state required the city to include the planning horizons. "The state now requires us to identify a 10 and 20 year planning…