County Planning Commission Begins Hearings on Comprehensive Land Use Plan Revisions

Several areas have been identified as needing clarification and/or revision.
By Sid Riley
The Jackson County Planning Commission began the lengthy review and revision process for making improvements in the County Comprehensive Land Use Plan by holding the first public workshop on Monday afternoon. Only a few citizens were present at the session.
The meeting began with Mr. Ben Chandler with the Genesis Group, the consulting firm which helped the county properly create the plan, making a power point presentation describing the required steps in conducting this review of the original plan. He also discussed some of the issues that have been identified thus far as areas of concern.
The next step is another public workshop which will be conducted by the County Commission on Tuesday, May 27. After that meeting a revised EAR (Evaluation and Appraisal Report) will be delivered to the ECA in Tallahassee for approval. After this is returned with their recommendations, the final document will be prepared. Then another public hearing will be held to adopt the EAR. This adopted EAR will then again be transmitted to the ECA in Tallahassee for final approval. With this approval in place, the Commission can then begin to enact the amendments to the original plan.
Simple process isn’t it?
If you would like to make suggestions or comments for consideration, please plan to attend the May 27 meeting.