Ordinance Amendments

The Property and Environmental Resources Department periodically drafts updates to County Ordinances.  The ordinances have public hearings before the Planning Commission and County Board of Commissioners before being adopted by the County Board of Commissioners. 

Ordinances in the process of being drafted include:

• Urban Fringe Overlay District
• Floodplain Ordinance

Recent Ordinances Adopted by the County Board of Commissioners:

• Standards for Short-Term Rental Units - January 2022
• Standards for Environmental Assessment Worksheets and Environmental Review - August 2021
• Solid Waste Facilities - August 2021
• Transfer of Development Rights - July 2021
• Definitions for Property Transfers and Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems - July 2021
• Solar Standards Update - May 2021
• Home Occupation Standards - May 2021
• Campgrounds Standards - April 2021
• Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems Standards - April 2021
• Standards for Fill for Projects involving Road Authorities - March 2021
• Interim Uses in Shoreland - January 2021
• Standards regarding processing of permits with properties that have existing violations - January 2021
• Updated references for Interim Uses in the Requirement and Standards section of the Code - January 2021