Name of requestor: Jill Bennett 498-7689  Larry Timm 498-7698

Department: Planning

Preferred appearance date: 5/20/2008    Time required: 10 min.

Date decision needed: 5/20/2008

 

Objective: 1041 Regulation Review Schedule

 

Situation: The Agricultural Advisory Board has requested a change in the 1041 Regulation review schedule to allow their group time to review the draft. Planning staff attended their May 14 meeting and briefly described the proposal, but AAB has devoted their agendas for May and June to review of the NISP EIS. Their earliest date for 1041 review would be July 9.  Currently, a Planning Commission hearing on 1041 is tentatively scheduled for July 16 (one week later).

 

Proposal: The Planning Dept. generally asked for comments from affected interests on draft changes to the Land Use Code, reviews those comments and proposed changeswith the Commissioners and Planning Commission, and then schedules hearings on a Proposed Code Amendment. In this case, we suggest moving forward with the original schedule and asking the AAB to comment on the 1041 regulation prior to the Planning Commission hearing, with those comments to be considered by the Planning Commission at the hearing.

 

Advantages: The proposal will allow consideration of 1041 regulation final adoption by mid-August. The Planning Dept. as received several inquiries about potential wind power plants and would like to have the land use rules dealing with that use in place as soon as possible.  Additionally, several county boards have expressed interest in moving forward expeditiously with consideration of designating additional activities of state interest beyond power plants and electrical transmission lines.

 

Disadvantages: The current schedule would not allow consideration of comments from the Agricultural Advisory Board prior to a formal Planning Commission hearing.

 

Requested action: Provide direction on the 1041 regulation review schedule.

 

Potentially Affected Interest: Agricultural Advisory Board; others interested in the 1041 regulation.

 

Level of Public Interest and Participations: Low

 

Audio/Visual/Computer Needs:


1041 Regulation Review and Hearing Schedule

 

 

 

April 23-30

 

Draft mailed to Affected Interests including AAB, EAB, OLB and LAPAC; request for comments by May 29

 

May 27

 

Public informational meeting on draft regulation

 

May 29

 

Request for comments for consideration at the joint work session

 

June 4

 

Joint work session with the County Commissioners and Planning Commission

 

June 24

 

Proposed Code Amendment for the 1041 regulation developed; legal notice of hearing prepared

 

July 16

 

Planning Commission Hearing

 

August 11

 

Possible Board of County Commissioner Hearing