As work on new development standards and regulations continues in Park County, commissioners are alerting landowners to check for any issues as to what new land uses and zones are being considered for specific areas. 

At a Tuesday commission meeting, commissioner Lloyd Thiel urged landowners to check out what is being proposed for the planning area their land is located in, as some have already been able to find and correct changes that would have hindered them in using their land as they had intended. 

“I strongly encourage people to look at changes in these drafts,” he said, adding that in Clark, “We had complete tracts of land zoned industrial that were not conceived that way. I strongly encourage people to review these, look at uses and redesignations.”

Commissioner Scott Mangold said he had worked through some Ralston area zoning issues at a recent public input meeting — Ralston has been a complicated zoning area of the county for years, and in late 2023 the planning department even held a meeting specifically for Ralston residents to enlighten them as to avenues they could pursue to solve issues such as lot sizes in the original platted townsite being too small to handle the amount of septic systems. 

“It is important to check out where your land is in the county and see where you are going to be affected,” he said. “These are important meetings.”