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Planning staff outlines UDO fixes, quasi‑judicial notice changes and updates to alcohol licensing fees
Summary
Planning staff briefed commissioners on proposed text amendments to the county’s Unified Development Ordinance, including agricultural uses, sign regulations and quasi‑judicial public‑notice language; staff also listed license fees (application $300; distilled spirits $2,000; beer $400).
Ruth West, a planning staff member, presented a series of text amendments and corrections to the county’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). West told the board the package restores certain agricultural commercial uses (including commercial livestock raising), reintroduces hunting‑club/lodge language, adjusts wording in the manufactured home ordinance and corrects acreage references and sign‑regulation lettering. She said the quasi‑judicial public‑notice section would be revised to align with state zoning law requirements.
West also reviewed changes to the alcohol chapter and summarized the fee schedule discussed in the packet: a $300 application fee, a $2,000 fee for distilled‑spirits licenses and a $400 fee for beer licenses, along with other license types noted in the staff summary. Staff said the changes will be taken back to the Planning Commission (Board of Zoning Appeals/Planning Commission) for formal consideration and that the county aims to complete the quasi‑judicial notice updates before year‑end.
Board members asked about the process and next steps; West said staff and the county attorney had reviewed the changes and that the matter would return to the board after Planning Commission action for final approval at a regular meeting.
