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Commissioners delay decision on zoning changes for transportation facilities to allow ordinance drafting
Summary
The board continued deliberations on a Planning Commission recommendation to permit or conditionally allow transportation facilities in multiple zoning districts, asked staff and county counsel to draft a clearer ordinance definition, and agreed to return the item in two weeks.
The board resumed deliberations on public-hearing docket G01-22, which would add roads, highways and other transportation facilities as permitted uses in several district types and as conditional uses in others. Commissioners focused on the proposed definition and whether recreational trails, bicycle paths and pedestrian facilities should be excluded from the transportation-facility definition.
After debating alternatives and asking county counsel and the planning director to refine language that reconciles competing definitions, a commissioner recommended postponing action so staff could "boardsmith" a draft ordinance. The board agreed to continue the item for two weeks and to return it on the June 18 calendar with a working ordinance. Commissioners discussed a specific CPRD application (a footbridge) that triggered part of the urgency but did not set a binding deadline beyond the agreed two-week continuation.
No ordinance or vote was taken on June 4; commissioners directed staff and counsel to prepare a draft that clarifies permitted versus conditional use designations and exclusions for recreational/non-motorized trails.
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