Livingston Enterprise - Residents turn out to support growth policy

“If our growth policy goes down, those criteria go away,” Inman said. “Then we review subdivisions based on exactly what’s in statute.” The statutes don’t go into detail about the effects of subdivisions on wildlife habitat, water use, public health and safety, and agriculture, for example

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Read article at the Livingston Enterprise by Sean Batura

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“The repeal of the growth policy would leave the county without one for more than two years, according to comments from Park County Planning Director Michael Inman at the meeting.

There would be “a lot of uncertainty” if the growth policy is repealed, Inman said.

“The broader legal question (if the growth policy is repealed) is can we continue to work on housing concerns, area resident concerns relative to growth and development, water quality, drought mitigation plans, wildlife corridors, wildlife impacts with transportation … do we have the ability to continue to do those things if the voters say, ‘We don’t want this growth policy,’ Inman said at the meeting. “Because that is the guiding document for government to know what its citizens would like done.”

Residents turn out at meeting to support growth policy

A petition to hold an election on whether to repeal the Park County Growth policy is 65.8% of the way to succeeding.

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Livingston Enterprise - Residents turn out to support growth policy

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