Commission transmits Goal 6 (built environment) after public concerns over scope

Aug 8, 2024

The board voted to transmit HCCPA 23-26 (Goal 6), a streamlined ‘built environment’ element; attorneys and developers urged removing duplicative design standards, while staff and commissioners favored transmitting and cleaning language at adoption.

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The board voted 7–0 to transmit HCCPA 23-26, a comprehensive-plan update to Goal 6 that consolidates objectives and policies addressing the built environment. Andrea Papinger of Planning Commission staff summarized changes that reduce the goal from 10 objectives and 70 policies to seven objectives and 38 policies, and she said staff had removed duplicative language and simplified sections including circulation and roadway landscaping.

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