The Polk County Unified Development Ordinance Committee meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. has been canceled.
The UDO committee met Thursday, Dec. 1 and discussed possible revisions to its mountain and ridgeline protection ordinance (MRPO). One of the issues was how to handle Saluda Township, whose elevation is high enough that commercial development is prohibited according to the current ordinance. Currently, the MRPO restricts commercial development on elevations 1,650 feet and above and places further restrictions at 2,250 ft. and above.
The meeting Dec. 13 was expected to consider options for the Saluda area and whether to change minimum lot sizes in the MRPO to match the new subdivision ordinance.
The UDO committee is made up of community members and is drafting changes to county ordinances in an effort to combine all ordinances into one, unified development ordinance.