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Lancaster County planners offer simplified‑zoning tools and housing definitions to help Columbia update its ordinance
Summary
Lancaster County planning staff told Columbia’s planning commission that Phase 1 of a simplified‑zoning initiative is complete, offering bulk regulations, standardized district templates and housing definitions to help municipalities reduce redundant districts and speed ordinance updates.
Glenn Newell, senior planner with the Lancaster County Planning Department, told Columbia’s Planning Commission Feb. 17 that the county has completed Phase 1 of a simplified‑zoning project and published a set of resource documents and a "how‑to" guide on the county website.
The county’s goal is to help municipalities simplify zoning by reducing the number of district categories, standardizing district purpose statements and offering a suite of bulk regulations that municipalities can adapt. "We created individual documents... so…
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