The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

Planning consultants John Morgan and Walt Wendolowski have started working on a complete overhaul of Sweet Home’s planning ordinances based on model codes they have developed for Millersburg.

Morgan, who has assisted Sweet Home in a variety of planning activities over the years, and Wendolowski, who is recently retired as Lebanon city planning director, met with the City Council and Planning Commission in a joint work session on Feb. 11.

The city’s current codes are antiquated, some of them unchanged since the 1950s, which was based on a national model code, Morgan told the council an...