HR County To Adopt Gorge Ordinances, But Voice Displeasure

The Hood River County Commission voted to inform the Columbia River Gorge Commission that it intends to adopt recent revisions to the National Scenic Area’s Management Plan into its zoning ordinance, but Commissioners are going to express their unhappiness with how the county has been treated in the process.  Commissioners will insert into their notice that funding for implementing the ordinances does not match the County’s costs, and that their views during the recent management plan revisions went largely unheard.  Commissioner Les Perkins felt work County planning staff did to provide input during the management plan revision process seemed to be ignored.  But Perkins and other commissioners did say it wouldn’t help the community to pull out and have the Gorge Commission handle permits in the National Scenic Area, noting it would make the situation worse for those who live in the Scenic Area.

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