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The next two days after roughly 100 people packed into the Cody Library’s Grizzly Room for an occasionally heated public hearing on the first phase of county development standards and …
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The next two days after roughly 100 people packed into the Cody Library’s Grizzly Room for an occasionally heated public hearing on the first phase of county development standards and regulations amendments, open houses in Powell and Cody on the second phase of regulations were much more low key.
Park County Planning Director Joy Hill said that had a positive effect. She said she’d heard from a number of people who she said weren’t comfortable speaking at Monday’s public hearing, the tone of which was overwhelmingly against the regulations.
“That’s why we have these,” she said. “You can just write your comments down.”
The open houses Jan. 28 in Cody and Jan. 29 in Powell attracted less people than the equivalent meetings a couple of years ago on the land use plan, a surprise to Hill.
“This is where we’re really digging into the weeds,” she said.
Like with the questionnaire that is still available online, people divided into planning areas after a short presentation and were able to write down what certain land uses they do and don’t want to see in their areas, or want to see have fewer or more regulations attached.
Commission Chair Dossie Overfield, who attended both days, said despite the smaller numbers (about 100 all day in Cody, roughly 65 in Powell) the sessions were productive, which led to more discussions Friday at a meeting between commissioners and planning and zoning members.
“The people here have great ideas, great thoughts,” she said.
Work is still being done on the first phase of regulations as well, as the commissioners and planning and zoning members had a work session scheduled today (Thursday) to work through some of the issues brought up at the Jan. 27 public hearing.
In March, the consultants from Logan Simpson (Overfield noted Tuesday that the lead consultant they use lives in Cheyenne and the other two are from Utah) and planning department staff will take it a step further with planning area specific meetings.
“We’re narrowing down as we go,” Hill said.
For more information on the process, visit engageparkcounty.com.
