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Planning commission presses for implementation of comprehensive plan, prioritizes zoning rewrite
Summary
Commissioners discussed using meeting time for implementation work on the adopted comprehensive plan, urged a zoning ordinance rewrite, raised concerns about a pending demolition and about a condemned downtown building, and agreed to request more organized, agenda-driven sessions to advance code changes.
Lancaster City Planning Commission members used the Oct. 16 meeting to press for more active implementation of the city27s adopted comprehensive plan and to prioritize rewriting the zoning code.
Commissioners said they want meetings to do more than review development plans: they proposed organized, agenda-driven sessions focused on specific implementation tasks such as an annual work plan or standing agenda item tracking progress on comp plan actions. "I think something like us coming together and chatting... I think it's always beneficial for us to get together as a group," a commissioner said. Another commissioner urged an annual work plan and a report card to track progress.
Several commissioners flagged zoning as…
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