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Bluff planning commission lays out 2025 priorities, flags enforcement and RV ordinance
Summary
At a Feb. 13 work session the Town of Bluff Planning and Zoning Commission discussed a draft set of 2025 priorities including enforcement updates, finishing an RV ordinance, clarifying roles on building permits, renewable energy standards and more work sessions with the town council; commissioners did not take a formal vote.
The Town of Bluff Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed and refined a draft list of priorities for 2025 at a virtual work session on Feb. 13, focusing on enforcement language in ordinances, an outstanding recreational vehicle (RV) ordinance, clearer division of responsibility on building permits, and the prospect of a renewable-energy ordinance.
Commission chair Amanda Podmore opened the agenda item by reporting a recent meeting with the mayor and the town lawyer about the RV ordinance and enforcement language. "I met with the mayor this week to talk about, looping in the town lawyer and making sure that he can look at both RV ordinance and, enforcement issues," Podmore said, and added she had not yet heard back from the attorney.
Commissioners said they wanted to keep several carry-over items from 2024 on the list and add specific near-term actions. Items discussed and left on the working list included enforcement (with a goal of consistent consequences across ordinances), finishing the RV ordinance, clarifying the timeline and role of planning and zoning if Bluff takes building permits from San Juan County, a potential idling/noise/dog ordinance (pending town-council direction), and a renewable-energy/solar ordinance.
Commissioners also proposed operational priorities intended to improve Commission efficiency and public clarity: an annual review of forms, a program of commissioner professional development tied to current work priorities, scheduling more joint work sessions with the town (to set ordinance priorities and responsibilities), and instituting regular site visits for permit-related matters. "If we have a joint session with the town, we could talk about just all these different issues and what to prioritize," Podmore said.
On training and commissioner expertise, members suggested a year-long professional-development goal rather than a strict quarterly requirement so commissioners can build subject-matter experience relevant to the Commission's active agenda. Commissioners discussed making site visits routine for projects under review and noted that the bylaws already reference site visits; one commissioner described how posting a scheduled site visit can increase transparency and allow public attendance.
The draft list also includes a suggestion to require that building permits be posted on-site so neighbors and enforcement staff can readily see whether work has an approved permit.
No formal motion was taken to adopt the priorities at the work session; commissioners agreed to have staff combine edits and circulate a cleaned document for further review and for the chair to share it with town council as a heads-up.
The commission adjourned at 7:16 p.m.
