Commissioner Erica Jepson had strong objections to it and questioned why two new positions were created without prior County Board knowledge or approval.
The zoning and comprehensive plan mirror each other, but the plan will take about 14 months to complete, while the zoning ordinances will be finished by next spring.
The county wants firm control over any new concentrated animal feedlots, wind farms or solar farms; has concerns about online rentals; and seeks sharper zoning law enforcement.
“If you’re not strongly opposed to this, we would like to move forward,” one commissioner said. “If there is strong opposition, we want to know it. We don’t want a bunch of turmoil over it nobody wants to throw themselves on a sword over it.”
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