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CCRPC committee debates adding guidance on compatibility in revised municipal plan review standards
Summary
CCRPC staff presented proposed updates to municipal plan review Guidelines and Standards and the committee discussed whether the standards should provide clearer guidance on how local future land use maps must demonstrate compatibility with the regional map; staff will revise Appendix B and return to PAC.
Taylor Newton presented proposed revisions to CCRPC’s municipal plan review Guidelines and Standards at the Oct. 8 Planning Advisory Committee meeting, describing updates to plan confirmation, approval, and compliance determinations and a new initial plan review template to be shared with PAC in November.
Newton framed a central question for the PAC: "As we enter into a phase where the future land use maps carry a different weight, should the CCRPC plan standards provide more guidance about how to assure compatibility?" Committee members discussed the tradeoffs between prescribing a process for map changes and asking municipalities to make a case that…
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