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Planning and Zoning recommended denial; staff warn changes would restart year-long process
Summary
County planning staff told commissioners the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denying the proposed energy ordinance and that substantive changes would require restarting the review — potentially delaying adoption by about a year.
County planning staff informed the Board that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denying the proposed energy ordinance, and staff outlined the procedural consequences of revising the draft.
"The commission recommended to deny the energy ordinance," Kacie Buhler said. Buhler told the Board that adopting the draft as written would allow the county to proceed through advertising and public hearings; by contrast, "if there are changes then nothing could be passed until a year from now," staff members Sam Beus and Mike Seib confirmed. Commissioners discussed whether continuing scheduled workshops while the draft is under active revision could confuse residents and whether delaying workshops until after adoption might preserve clarity.
