In Polk County, the UDO Commissioners want to set the threshold grade activating steep slope regulations at 30%. The Planning Board changed it to 25% in the draft that will be forwarded to the county commissioners for approval. Reasons for selecting the numbers appear to have something to do with closing the eyes, humming, extending the hand alternately toward tokens of each number, and going with the more favorable tingling in the fingers.
by Leslee Kulba
Wild West blogger