There has been a lot of interest in the last few years regarding Park County’s new land use plan and the ensuing changes to the regulations. 

Above all, many want to know exactly what changes, if any, will apply to their specific property. 

In roughly three weeks they will have some answers, at least as to what, preliminarily, the changes could be. 

Commissioner Dossie Overfield said Tuesday that draft zoning maps and use tables for each planning area, crafted by consultants from Logan Simpson and Park County Planning and Zoning members while taking into account the large amount of input provided by residents who participated in the initial round of public input, would be uploaded onto engageparkcounty.com on June 1. 

“Those zoning maps have been reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission, the planning and zoning staff, the technical advisory group that we had together, and the Park County Commissioners and the Planning and Zoning Commission together,” Overfield said. 

That gives residents more than a week to check out the maps and tables ahead of another round of public meetings June 9-11 across the county, including one 5-8 p.m. June 9 at Heart Mountain Hall. 

“After those public meetings, we will look at putting together the final draft to go out to the public for the planning and zoning public hearing in … early fall,” Overfield said. 

The commissioners have sent out postcards to rural county residents to let them know about the new round of public input sessions. Overfield said public input, especially written public input, is very much desired. 

“We will have writing cards there, or you can email us with your comments, but it's really important that we hear directly from you,” she said.