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Commission agrees to start state-mandated water-plan element; delays comprehensive landscaping ordinance rewrite
Summary
Grand County planning commissioners agreed to begin work this summer on a state-required water element of the county general plan but signaled they will not immediately adopt a broad water-efficient landscaping ordinance, favoring a coordinated general-plan and land-use-code update instead.
Grand County's Planning Commission on July 14 gave staff a green light to begin drafting the state-mandated water element of the county's general plan and signaled it will delay adoption of a comprehensive water-efficient landscaping ordinance until that plan and a broader land-use-code overhaul can be coordinated.
Commissioners and staff said the legislature requires the water-preservation element be adopted by the end of the calendar year. Planning staff advised that the element focuses on preserving existing water allocations and aligning local planning with water providers and conservation plans. Contract planner Andrew Jackson and planning staff explained the element must incorporate data from local water districts and the county's conservation planning and that a public-engagement schedule beginning this summer would be…
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