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Page County sends proposed nuisance ordinance revisions back to staff; screening to be handled in zoning rewrite
Summary
Staff recommended removing screening provisions from the nuisance ordinance and addressing junk-vehicle and screening enforcement under the zoning ordinance; supervisors asked for more work and sent the draft back to staff and the Planning Commission for further revision before public comment.
Planning and zoning staff presented redline amendments to Page County’s nuisance ordinance and advised the board to remove proposed 'screening' provisions from the nuisance chapter and instead capture screening and automobile graveyard enforcement in the zoning ordinance.
Staff argued screening alone could be used to conceal accumulated trash or inoperable vehicles, and that enforcement and penalties are stronger under the zoning ordinance. "We would still enforce that under the zoning ordinance," staff said, explaining the zoning code allows civil and criminal penalties not available in the nuisance chapter.
Supervisors raised concerns that permitting screening could enable property owners to hide hazardous accumulations and noted state code caps on maximum penalties; county staff said they would confirm whether current local penalty amounts already reach the state cap. Given those outstanding questions and ongoing Planning Commission work on a comprehensive zoning rewrite, the board directed staff to continue revisions and return at a later date rather than send the current draft to public comment.
The board’s action leaves the nuisance proposal in staff review and signals a coordinated approach between nuisance and zoning chapters before scheduling any public hearings.
