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Planning and Zoning Issue - 2007-9
Index to Documents
For historic documents relating to the 1997 Zoning Election, click here

Updated 7/3/2008

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This site contains documents & analysis relating to the effort beginning in 2007 to institute county-wide planning & zoning.
This attempt was initiated after someone supposedly proposed a "halfway house" development for up to 400 sex offenders. While letters to the editor voiced a suspicion that it was all a scam, people in the area supposedly to be affected started a successful petition drive to place zoning on the ballot.

For economic and philosophical rationale to oppose zoning, see this Thomas Sowell column.

November 2007 - The Zoning COmmission has been puttering along since June with no real progress or defined purpose. We've been receiving "guidance" from various public bodies (Extension office, RPC, city planner, etc.). As of last Tuesday night (11/6/07), we started examining what direction we want to go in a structured manner. I've posted a few of the documents below and will add more as they show up in a format I can use.

• Land Use Forum Booklet. The last section was the basis of discussion on 11/6.
• Future Land Use Guide. This is impressions of what it seems the board wants to keep or delete out of the 1997 plan's land use guide.
• Draft Operating Rules for the commission.

Minutes