After eighteen months of work by a committee of citizens appointed by the Board of Commissioners and led by Planning Board Chairman Robert Hayter, a final draft of the new Moore County Land Use Plan is complete and ready for public comment.
The Public will have an opportunity to weigh in on the draft plan during the Thursday, August 8 Planning Board meeting, before the plan comes before the Commissioners in a public hearing tentatively scheduled for Monday, October 15.
The draft plan, which runs to nearly 100 pages, includes not only goals and objectives that will guide development in Moore County for at least the next decade, but a demographic, economic, and cultural profile of the County.
It will replace the current Land Use Plan, a much briefer document that was the County's first such plan, approved in 1999. The Land Use Plan has a critical role in guiding decisions about zoning and development at both the Planning Board and Board of Commissioners.
Months of meetings that included input from a variety of experts and stakeholder groups helped the twenty-five member Land Use Plan Steering Committee craft the plan, assisted by members of the Moore County Planning Staff.
A copy of the final draft is available on the Planning Department section of the County website here.
Printed copies may be obtained from the Planning Department Office, located at 1048 Carriage Oaks Drive in Carthage, during normal business hours.
