Reminder: Comment on the updated Land Development Code

Work continues on updating the Land Development Code in Mesa County. That’s the document that guides how land is used, developed and built across unincorporated areas of the county.

This is the last week to submit your comments and suggestions on the updates to the code. On Nov. 17, county commissioners will vote on adopting the proposed changes. That meeting will take place at 1:30 p.m. in the Public Hearing room in the Old Courthouse, 544 Rood Avenue in Grand Junction.

Anyone can review the proposed changes and share input by emailing mccomdev@mesacounty.us as part of the public process. 

In a recent opinion piece in the Daily Sentinel, Commissioner Bobbie Daniel wrote about the changes to the code, encouraging residents to participate in the process. 

“Have projects in your neighborhood exposed something our code should address differently in the future? Those conversations need to happen while we are establishing the standards, not only after a controversial project has been proposed,” she said in the article.

The changes in this draft include the removal of “community plans,” old sections of the development code that were specific to certain areas of Mesa County, which have since been addressed in the code and county master plan. Removing the old, redundant language makes the document clearer and reduces potential confusion, as many community plan objectives have been incorporated into the Mesa County Master Plan.

For all upcoming meetings and virtual access, use the Public Hearing information page on our website.