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County planners launch audit to simplify commercial and industrial zoning and shorten permitting
Summary
Planners presented a zoning audit for 10 commercial and industrial zones intended to modernize use definitions, consolidate conditional uses, and convert many Type 2 conditional-use reviews to faster Type 1 procedures to reduce cost and time.
Clatsop County planners introduced an audit of commercial and industrial zoning aimed at simplifying code language, consolidating outdated use lists, and lowering procedural thresholds where appropriate so more uses can be handled through Type 1 development permits instead of longer Type 2 conditional-use reviews.
Planner Zane Longwell told the commission that the audit covers 10 zones…
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