vision2020@moscow.com: Re: County P and Z Commission
Re: County P and Z Commission
Kenton (90142419@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu)
Tue, 02 May 95 07:51:43 PDT
I might add that the county planner, Gerard Billington, has been the
principal advocate of the change, and that P&Z members themselves are split.
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The rationale given for the proposed split is that the P&Z has been so
busy "zoning" -- dealing with request s for zone changes, subdivisions,
etc. -- that it hasn't had time to plan. By dividing into 2 groups, they
could better keep up with the workload brought on by the rapid growth in
the county in the last 5 years.
The main argument against a split, as I udnerstand it, is that planners
need to be aware of the practical consequences of their decisions -- how
they are interpreted and applied. Joel Hamilton spoke earlier about the
risk of planners becoming too idealistic if they no longer had responsibility
for zoning. Perhaps he and other P&Z members on this list would care to
comment on the challenges posed by the dual role.
KENTON
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