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ID H0148
Bill
AI Summary
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Adds protection of prime agricultural, forestry, and mining lands and their economic benefits to the state as an explicit purpose of local land use planning under Section 67-6502.
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Requires comprehensive plans to consider compatibility of land uses and designates agriculture as a mandatory component for comprehensive plan development under Section 67-6508.
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Mandates governing boards to analyze proposed zoning ordinance changes to ensure consistency with adopted comprehensive plan policies under Section 67-6511.
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Encourages local governments to post special use permit hearing notices on their official websites in addition to traditional newspaper publication under Section 67-6512.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law relating to local land use planning; to provide that one purpose of local land use planning is to encourage the protection of land uses for the production of food, fibre and minerals as well as the economic benefits they provide to the community; to provide that comprehensive plans shall consider the compatibility of land uses, to provide that agriculture shall be one component upon which comprehensive plans shall be based; to provide that the governing board shall analyze proposed changes to zoning ordinances to ensure that they are not in conflict with the policies of the comprehensive plan; and to provide that local governments are encouraged to post notices of hearings relating to requests for special use permits on their official websites.
LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING
Last Action
Governor signed Session Law Chapter 89 Effective: 07/01/11
3/16/2011