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Acting building commissioner updates Whiteland Planning Commission on comprehensive plan, UDO, downtown revitalization and broadband
Summary
At a planning commission meeting, the acting building commissioner outlined progress on Whiteland's 10-year comprehensive plan, including restarting a Unified Development Ordinance, plans for a downtown district and façade grants, a parks plan, a rise in development activity and recent permitting for townwide fiber.
The acting building commissioner delivered a progress report to the Whiteland Planning Commission on the town's 10-year comprehensive plan, saying the town has restarted work on a Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and is pursuing updates across land use, infrastructure and public engagement.
"This is our 10 year outlook that we spent quite a bit of time," the acting building commissioner said, summarizing the plan's role in shaping land use, zoning and subdivision controls. He said the UDO would "marry the zoning language and the subdivision control into one document" to reduce internal conflicts and streamline permitting.
Why it matters: Commission members were told the UDO is meant to reduce ambiguity between the zoning code and subdivision control standards and to make zoning…
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