The Gloucester Planning Commission will hold a public hearing about preliminary plat requirements at 7:30 tonight in the colonial courthouse.

“There are changes required to the county’s subdivision ordinance based on recent actions of the General Assembly related to preliminary plats,” Anne Ducey-Ortiz, director of planning and zoning, said in an Aug. 26 memorandum.

“Gloucester will no longer be authorized to require preliminary plats on subdivisions with 50 lots or fewer,” Ducey-Ortiz said, “though applicants will be permitted to do so if they choose.”

A public notice said that the changes proposed to the fee section of the subdivision ordinance keep the amount paid for subdivision review neutral, whether the applicant chooses to submit a preliminary plat or not.
Some changes in text have been proposed to update the language to reflect the review process and modern agency titles, the notice said.

Also, the commission will discuss the Glouc...