Countywide zoning for renewable energy projects – including commercial wind and solar farms – along with imposing stricter flood zone regulations are among recommendations in a draft update to the Comprehensive Plan for Reno County.
The 70-page plan also proposes the county create a unified fire district with a single fire chief, that it evaluate low-volume roads for closure and that it creates a “township maintenance plan” for prioritizing joint county/township road projects.
The Reno County Commission, during a study session on the plan two weeks ago, had questions about the proposals but didn’t indicate whether they supported the ideas or not.
Developed by the Reno County Planning Commission with assistance from a consultant from Wichita, the plan also recommends development of a bicycle transportation plan in the short term, but delays development of an actual bicycle/pedestrian network for the long-term – or more than 10 years out.
(Read more: Local – The Hutchinson News)