4. Comprehensive Plan - Laserfiche WebLink

INTRODUCTION The Cass County Planning Commission began discussing an update to the county's Comprehensive Plan in the Fall of2003. Cass County's original Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 1979 and subsequently updated in 1988. The increased growth in the county, the need to examine the need for smarter or controlled growth, and the time span since the last update all necessitated the need for an update of the Comprehensive Plan. Beginning in the 2004, the Cass County Planning Commission began the process of updating the county's Comprehensive Plan. Numerous Planning Commission meetings were held to review and discuss material, listen to presentations, and review drafts of the Plans individual chapters. By the fall of2004 the Planning Commission had developed a working draft of the update to the Comprehensive Plan and began distributing this draft to the County's townships, cities, and various local and state agencies, groups, and associations. The complete working draft of Comprehensive Plan was also made available on the county's website and the county held a public input meeting in Casselton on the evening of December 13th, 2004. Following the public input meeting and after the comment period for the Plan had closed all input was complied and presented to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission reviewed the complied input and made the necessary changes to reflect this input. The final components of the Plan were completed and entire Plan was presented to the Planning Commission and their recommendations for the Plan were made and forwarded to the County Commission. The Commission reviewed the Plan and held a public hearing on month day, year in the Commission room at the Cass County Courthouse. After this hearing, the Commission approved the draft with the recommendation that it be adopted. Xl