ROUND 1: The Board adopted the first round amendments to the Development Standards and Regulations (DSR). The 2025 DSR will be effective on 10/1/2025.

NOTE: The first round of proposed updates to the DSR  involved, generally, formatting and administrative changes including, but not limited to: modernizing the format of the document (e.g., automatic page numbering, linked Table of Contents, etc.); updates to Chapter I (Administration); a preliminary update of Chapter II (Definitions); updates to portions of the regulations that were directly impacted by recent statutory language changes (e.g., family exemptions, subdivision fencing, etc.); and a first-round appendices clean-up. Bringing the regulations into alignment with state and federal law was a primary goal of this effort. This first round of amendments was intended to address “low hanging fruit” issues during a short window of time. During the past several years, P&Z staff, the P&Z Commission and Board identified several key areas of the DSR requiring quick attention during this round of amendments. Recommended language and changes are reflected in all chapters with the exception of Chapter V, which remained in the DSR unchanged (with the exception of the correction of any references to Appendix 25, the content of which has been relocated to Chapter II). No changes were made to the official zoning map of the County as part of this process.

ROUND 2: The County hosted fourteen (14) open houses to gather information from the public about desired uses and lots sizes in the various planning areas. In addition to the open houses, the public was invited to complete a questionnaire to let us know more specific details about uses, level of review on uses, and more. We had an amazing turnout for the meetings and the questionnaire. Thank you so much for contributing to this important effort!

NOTE: The second round of updates to the DSR are expected to be broad/significant, impacting every chapter within the document in some way. A new County zoning map will be developed, subdivision processes will be cleaned up, application processes and procedures will be revised, and Chapter V (Road and Bridge Standards) is expected to be removed from the document. 

Next up…the Board will release documents that summary the input received from the questionnaire and both rounds of public meetings (January through April). Meanwhile, the Planning and Zoning Commission and Planning and Zoning Department staff are working through draft language relating to uses and use standards.