Commissioners set 20‑foot landscape buffer update but table type and density decisions
Planning staff proposed making a 20‑foot landscape buffer mandatory along public roadways; commissioners debated plant density, native vegetation incentives and buffer types and voted to table final advertising while staff returns with diagrams and buffer‑type options at the July 14 meeting.
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County planning staff presented an ordinance proposal June 23 to set a minimum 20‑foot landscape buffer (type A) along public roadways, aiming to improve stormwater infiltration, visual screening and heat‑island mitigation. Staff said the code previously required a type buffer but did not specify width.
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