Update on Council/Planning & Zoning Design Standards Workshop

November 14, 2023

As previously reported in the League’s Observer Reports, on September 21st the County Council and Planning & Zoning Commission held a workshop on improvements to the County Code on development and subdivision standards. The County Administrator subsequently set forth a lists of action items to be studies.

The Council has now ranked the action items in the order  of  their priority:

• Perimeter buffers and open space;
• Forest preservation;
• Interconnectivity;
• Superior design; and
• Remaining issues.

In addition, Council staff will be working on  ordinances on workforce housing and solar array regulations.

For more information, see the Cape Gazette article from November 12, here: https://www.capegazette.com/article/perimeter-buffers-are-first-be-addressed/267166