Franklin county Commissioners are
taking a look at the makeup of the County Planning and Zoning Board to see if
they can make any changes that would make it easier for the board to have a
quorum every month.
The planning and zoning board was
unable to get enough members to this month’s meeting for a quorum which leaves
a number of local projects waiting another month until the P and Z can consider
them and make a recommendation to the county commission.
The Planning and zoning board has
9 members; there are currently only 6 seats filled.
A number of those seats require
people with a particular skill set.
At least one member has to be
from the construction industry; there are also seats for seafood workers,
seafood dealers, and even foresters.
County commissioners said the
first step they will take is to try to fill any vacant seats on the board.
County staff is currently seeing
which seats need to be filled.
Over the long term, the commission
may look at changing the make-up of the board to make it easier to find
applicants – that could include doing away with some of the required positions
like forestry.
County planner Alan Pierce said
the county could also consider removing the requirement for P and Z approval for
smaller projects like docks and allowing county staff to recommend approval for
those.
The county has also asked that
the Planning and zoning board schedule a special meeting before the next County
commission meeting to deal with any pending projects.
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