Residents urge Assembly not to strip community comprehensive plans from CUP process
Public comment at the May 19 meeting focused heavily on Ordinance 26-021, which would remove community comprehensive plans from consideration during conditional use permits; residents and former planning commissioners said comprehensive plans are an essential local tool and urged the Assembly to preserve them.
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Several residents urged the Assembly on May 19 to oppose Ordinance 26-021, a proposal that would remove consideration of community comprehensive plans during conditional use permit (CUP) review. Patricia Fisher, who said she helped draft the Meadow Lakes comprehensive plan and led resistance to a 2021 gravel pit CUP, called the ordinance a “shotgun approach” that would gut community protections by stripping comprehensive plans from decision-making.
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