Measuring the Effectiveness of the Location of Development Rules

Last Updated: October 3, 2025

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The Land Use Planning Commission is committed to monitoring the effects of the adjacency and subdivision rule changes that took effect in 2019 (Learn about what changed and why change was needed).

Toward that end, the Commission has developed a work plan to collect information that will be helpful during periodic review of the new location of development rules.

Following the work plan, the Commission has recently drafted a Five-Year Report on the effects of the rule changes.

Below are links to the Draft Five-Year Report, the work plan, and prior annual reports on the effects of the rule changes.

Date Project Update or Event File Links
October 3, 2025 Draft Five-Year Adjacency and Subdivision Rulemaking Report
Adjacency & Subdivision Implementation Tasks – Reporting System Work Plan
May 3, 2024 New Commission Memo on Staff Plan for the Five-Year Report
January 7, 2024 Annual Adjacency & Subdivision Rulemaking Report
January 4, 2023 Annual Adjacency & Subdivision Rulemaking Report
January 7, 2022 Annual Adjacency & Subdivision Rulemaking Report
January 8, 2021 Annual Summary of Zoning and Permitting Trends Related to the 2019 Adjacency & Subdivision Rulemaking

Watch a short video to see the process we used to develop the Work Plan.