LAND USE CODE: After 5 long years of work, debate, praise and complaints county commissioners have approved a sweeping revisison to the county's land use code that seeks to clarify rules for development as our area confronts a period of unprecedented growth.
The document is 444 pages and codifies maps that divide the county into 10 districts and establishes zoned use for eight of those districts.
Proponents of the code praise it for eliminating months of uncertainty from the permitting process of home builders and for striving to preserve the area's natural beauty. They have point.
Critics say it represents an unwarranted intrusion on the rights of private property owners and fails to live up to its goal of simplifying and clarifying the process. At 444 pages - they also have a point.
The new code is effective January 7, 2008. It will be interesting to watch and participate in the process.
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