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State bill adds county-commission approval step to Pitkin County comprehensive-plan process, staff say
Summary
Pitkin County planning staff told the Board of County Commissioners that a recently adopted state law required county commissions to review and approve comprehensive plans; staff said they plan a joint review with the Planning & Zoning Commission and target a final draft for mid-2025.
Pitkin County planning staff told the Board of County Commissioners at a joint work session that recent state legislation modified the county's master-planning statute to add a formal county-commission review step to the comprehensive-plan process.
"The county planning commission will continue to make and adopt the comprehensive plans, but now there's an additional review by the Board of County Commissioners," staff member Ellen Susano said, summarizing the statutory change noted in county materials. Susano told…
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