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Commissioners direct staff to pursue UDO changes that shift some decision authority to staff and preserve planning‑board appeals
Summary
After a lengthy presentation by UDO consultant Michael Harvey, commissioners agreed on proposed changes: keep text amendments and conventional zoning largely intact, make plan developments conditional zonings (100‑lot threshold), have staff decide many site plans/subdivisions with appeals to the BOCC/board of adjustment, and expand neighborhood meetings; the board voted to advance the draft and review final wording before adoption.
The county’s unified development ordinance (UDO) update moved forward after a detailed presentation and board discussion that focused on who makes final land‑use decisions and how to reduce litigation risk.
Michael Harvey of InFocus and planning staff described a recommended set of process changes: preserve the current text‑amendment process and conventional zoning path; convert planned development processing to conditional rezoning (100‑lot threshold), which preserves the ability…
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