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Planning commission recommends Our Valley vision plan be incorporated into city general plan
Summary
After opening public comment, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted April 23 to forward a positive recommendation to city council that the Our Valley vision plan be adopted as an exhibit to the city's general plan and considered as part of future development review.
The Gunnison Planning and Zoning Commission voted April 23 to recommend that the city council consider adopting the Our Valley vision plan as an exhibit to the city’s general plan.
Commissioners opened a public hearing on the proposed general plan amendment and heard comments from a commissioner who participated in the Our Valley meetings and endorsed the plan. Staff explained the procedural approach: "This type of plan is expected to just be adopted as an exhibit as part of the general plan," and noted that state law prescribes certain required elements of a general plan while allowing additional recommended elements.
After discussing the staff recommendations and the plan’s findings, the commission voted to close the public hearing and forward a positive recommendation to city council that the Our Valley vision plan be incorporated as an exhibit, subject to the usual findings and conditions outlined in the staff report. The recommendation does not itself amend zoning; it forwards the vision document for council consideration and potential incorporation into the official general plan and future development review.
