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Planners defend highway corridor language as way to concentrate commercial development
Summary
Planner Keith Carl said highway corridor overlays in the draft comp plan are meant to encourage commercial development in specific nodes and avoid spot zoning; some commissioners questioned whether corridor language was unnecessary filler.
Planner Keith Carl told commissioners the draft’s highway corridor language is intended to encourage commercial activity in concentrated locations so that commercial and industrial development does not 'encroach on agricultural land.' Carl argued that without a favored area for commercial development, the county risks spot zoning, which can create unsafe or inefficient development patterns.
Some commissioners pushed back, calling the corridor verbiage unnecessary and noting the difficulty of developing commercial properties along the highway. Commissioners asked Carl to craft a shorter statement explaining the corridor purpose and to circulate that wording before the next meeting for further review.
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