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Hanover planners to expand mailed notice to neighbors beyond direct adjacents
Summary
A commissioner reported the county’s community development committee will adopt a policy of mailing notice to ‘adjacents to the adjacents’ for land-use cases—an expansion beyond state-required adjacent-only notice—intended to reach more nearby residents.
During miscellaneous business at the August planning commission meeting, a commissioner reported that the community development committee has recommended expanding the county’s notice practice for land‑use applications.
Staff said state code requires mailed notice to directly adjacent property owners; as a policy the committee recommended adding a second ring of notice to reach the adjacents of adjacent properties. The commissioner reported the policy was intended to “get the word out” to more neighbors without changing the statutory requirement that the county must notify only direct adjacents.
No formal ordinance or code change was recorded in the meeting. The expansion was described as an internal county policy to increase outreach for planning cases; staff indicated the community development committee had reviewed options and favored the additional ring of notices.
Commissioners did not record a formal vote on this policy during the meeting; the report was delivered as miscellaneous committee business and the meeting moved to adjournment.
