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Public commenter urges compliance with state law for zoning-board membership
Summary
A resident urged the commissioners to enforce state law regarding board membership on the county zoning board, alleging past court losses and warning the county could face reimbursable attorney fees if public-notice rules are violated.
A resident, identifying himself as Max Green, used the public-comment period to tell commissioners that a Jefferson County zoning board case is being challenged in court and to accuse the county zoning board of failing to follow state procedures and public-notice requirements.
Green said he filed a complaint with the public access counselor about improper public notice and cited what he described as statutory references during his remarks. He asserted the county has been unable to appoint a fully legal zoning board for the past 11 years, questioned the appointment of a named individual to the BZA and asked the commissioners to ensure 'full state law compliance' for citizen board members. He said he did not intend to take the county to court but warned that if the county refused to comply he would return in January to ask the commissioner referenced as 'Bowers' to consider abolishing county planning and zoning as some neighboring counties have done.
Commissioners did not make a legal ruling during the meeting. The comment was not answered by county counsel on the record in the transcript; the board did not take immediate action during public comment.
Next steps: the county did not announce any immediate follow-up during the meeting; the public access-counselor complaint referenced by the speaker is pending according to his statement.
