Adopted Amendments to the Jefferson County Zoning Resolution

In their Regular Public Meeting Oct 9th, 2025 the Jefferson County Commission adopted amendments to the Jefferson County Zoning Resolution in an effort to align local development regulations with the policies recently adopted in the Forward Together Comprehensive Plan for Jefferson County.

The goal of the zoning ordinance is to enable economic development balanced with natural and rural conservation.

Provisions of the update include:

• Workforce housing
• Mixed-use and master planned developments
• Disaster resiliency
• Economic and fiscal impact analysis
• Sensitive areas and agricultural preservation
• Economic cluster districts
• Transportation-oriented development

The ordinance update includes administrative corrections based on previous variance cases.

Click here to view the full adopted zoning amendments (PDF).