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Missoula County adopts Swan Valley neighborhood plan, commissioners stress it is guidance not zoning
Summary
After public debate about zoning and petitions, Missoula County commissioners adopted the Swan Valley neighborhood plan as an amendment to the county growth policy; county attorneys and planners reiterated the plan does not itself create zoning and that future zoning would follow a separate statutory process.
Missoula County commissioners on Feb. 12 adopted the Swan Valley neighborhood plan as an amendment to the county’s growth policy, concluding a multi-year community planning process that planners and supporters say will help protect the valley’s rural character and natural resources.
Ian Barley, planning manager for Missoula County’s Planning, Development and Sustainability Department, told commissioners the plan updates a 1996 document and reflects nearly two years of local engagement. "We're requesting that the county commissioners adopt the Swan Valley neighborhood plan," Barley said as he reviewed revised land-use maps, wildfire objectives and the plan’s core values, which…
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