11-806. Rural planning areas; rural planning
zones; formation
(L10, Ch. 244, sec. 7. Eff. 10/1/11)
A. In counties with a population of less than four hundred thousand persons, the
board of supervisors shall receive petitions to form a rural planning area that are
signed by persons who own real property in any specific portion of the county outside the
corporate boundaries of any cities and towns. Owners of a majority of the acres of real
property in the proposed planning area must sign the petition. Participation in the rural
planning area is voluntary, and any person may withdraw real property owned by the person
from the planning area. The board of supervisors shall encourage voluntary participation
in the planning area and shall aid the planning areas in providing a sound factual and
policy basis for planning. The recommendations of rural planning areas shall emphasize
voluntary, nonregulatory incentives for compliance and accommodation of continuing
traditional rural and agricultural enterprises. Rural planning areas shall transmit their
recommendations to the board of supervisors for its consideration for inclusion in the
county comprehensive plan.
B. In any county with a population of less than four hundred thousand persons, any
cities and towns and the county sharing a multijurisdictional area with a combined
population of more than fifty thousand but less than one hundred thousand persons,
according to the most recent department of economic security estimates, may voluntarily
form rural planning zones to develop coordinated and comprehensive regional plans.
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