Douglas County to require ecological studies for development in Cedar Mountain area
After presentations by local botanists and ecologists, Douglas County adopted a Cedar Mountain overlay that requires credentialed botanical, geological, archaeological and wildlife assessments for major subdivisions or rezoning in the northwest county area. Planning staff framed overlays as a temporary measure to "buy time" for master planning.
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A special-called session of the Douglas County Planning & Zoning Board and Board of Commissioners voted to add an environmental overlay around Cedar Mountain and nearby northwest-county areas, requiring credentialed pre-application studies where major subdivisions or rezoning are proposed.
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