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Bannock County delays land‑use rewrite after legal review flags takings risks
Summary
Planning staff told commissioners a required takings analysis and other statutory reviews will lengthen the county’s land‑use ordinance rewrite; removing the county’s long‑used 'multiuse' zone could affect hundreds of parcels and spur legal challenges unless property owners authorize rezones.
Bannock County planning staff told the Board of Commissioners on Dec. 30 that a previously anticipated first‑quarter finish for the county’s land‑use ordinance rewrite is now unlikely after legal review showed the county must perform takings analyses when rezoning properties.
Hal Jensen, planning director, said the rewrite originally aimed to correct zoning anomalies and remove an antiquated 'multiuse' category, but county legal requirements mean the process involves a property‑by‑property takings assessment that could add substantial time. “I wanted to have a document that works for the constituency of Bannock County…legally defensible,” Jensen said,…
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