Planning staff explain ordinance changes tying vested rights to submission date after state law update County planning staff briefed the commission on an ordinance amendment that implements recent state legislative changes: vested rights in development now attach at the date of application submission if the application is in substantial compliance, and the vesting period is extended to three years. Commissioners asked how appeals and delayed permits

New state amendments could redefine how your development rights are secured, shifting important deadlines and extending vesting periods to three years!

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Petitioners argued the new law shouldn't erase their pre-existing plans. They had frozen embryos when no age bar existed! 🥶 The SC agreed – new laws regulate the future, not the past, unless *expressly* stated. 💡 #RetrospectiveLaw #VestedRights