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Planning & Zoning Commission presents 2025 annual report and outlines 2026 priorities
Summary
Planning and Zoning Commission Chair Thomas Hinckley presented the 2025 annual report, summarizing plats and site plans approved, ordinance recommendations and priorities including a comprehensive plan update and review of mobile food vendor rules.
Thomas Hinckley, chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission, presented the commission's 2025 annual report on March 2, highlighting approvals, ordinance work and upcoming priorities.
Hinckley said the commission approved five preliminary plats and seven final plats and replats in 2025, and approved multiple commercial site plans and site-plan amendments including APA Designs at 405 Laurel and a Sterling Falls venue. The commission reviewed future land use map amendments and zoning changes and drafted recommendations for ordinance updates on temporary outdoor uses (including food-truck permitting) and perimeter landscaping and screening standards.
Key 2026 tasks, Hinckley said, include a comprehensive-plan update with a public survey open through the end of March, a review of the permitted-use table, consideration of mobile-food-vendor rules to align with state law, and potential ordinance changes to authorize staff approval of certain site plans and plats. A council member publicly thanked the commission for its volunteer service.
Hinckley encouraged residents to scan the QR code in the meeting packet to provide input on the comprehensive plan.
