Editorial

Despite numerous meetings, public discussions and staff explanations the new development code and zoning map seem to have caught area residents and land owners by surprise. Dave Kensinger says it best, “People weren’t paying attention to this process,” which was two years in the making.

Given the long-term ramifications of zoning, it’s important to get it right.

It will be decades before any future large scale zoning proposals are taken under consideration, so it’s important that citizens understand exactly how their property is zoned and what they are allowed to do with it after the changes a...