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Meadow P&Z moves to forward subdivision ordinance revisions to town council
Summary
At the March 10 meeting Meadow Planning and Zoning moved to approve specific edits to the subdivision ordinance — adding a "concept plan" definition, requiring planning experience for appointees, and inserting an appeals duty — and to forward the draft to the town council for public hearing and legal review; the transcript records motion and second but does not record vote tallies.
At its March 10, 2026 meeting following a public hearing, the Meadow Planning and Zoning Commission moved to approve a package of revisions to the town's subdivision ordinance and forward the draft to the Meadow Town Council for a public hearing and review by the town attorney. Chairman Andrew Flake made the motion; Committee Member Rex Williams seconded. The transcript records the motion and second but does not record a vote tally or a formal adoption in the minutes provided.
The changes discussed would (1) add a definition for a "concept plan," (2) add language to section 10/9/8 B requiring that an appointee "have prior experience with planning and zoning issues," and (3) add a line to 10/4/2 G to assign an appeals duty to the appeals body. Commission members described the edits as preparatory steps before the council's public hearing and attorney review.
Mark Cowley requested a specific addition to the appeals body's duties, asking the commission to add this text to 10/4/2 G: "hear and decide appeals to the Subdivision Ordinance applying to this title." That phrasing was discussed as part of the set of changes the commission moved to forward.
Commission members also clarified the procedural path: after P&Z approval the town council will schedule a public hearing and the draft will be reviewed by the town attorney. The transcript does not record vote counts or whether the motion carried at this meeting; the minutes indicate only that the motion was made and seconded.
The commission discussed related ordinance work on short-term rentals and reiterated the importance of maintaining quorum and training for commissioners as the body advances ordinance revisions. The next procedural step recorded in the discussion is forwarding the draft to the town council for a public hearing and legal review.
