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Committee Hears Bill to Align County Regulations with City Plans Inside Urban Growth Areas; Cities and Counties Offer Mixed Views
Summary
House Bill 2,201 would require county regulations within an urban growth area to conform to the city's plan/regulations at the county's next plan update unless the city agrees otherwise; city officials praised potential to reduce divergent development tracks while counties urged more work on annexation, funding and implementation.
Kellen Wright, staff to the committee, summarized House Bill 2,201 as legislation that would require counties, at the time of their next comprehensive-plan update or next implementation progress report, to ensure county plans and regulations applicable within an urban growth area conform to the comprehensive plan and regulations of the city located in that UGA, unless the city agrees to a variance or another law requires different regulations.
The bill's sponsor described the proposal as a response to inconsistent county and city approaches that can leave infrastructure misaligned and hinder planned annexations. The sponsor said the bill grew from local work on growth…
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