Planning panel approvals city-county growth proposal

The growth plans for Havre and Hill County were approved by the City-County Planning Board Tuesday after some suggested changes and discussion of its purpose during a public hearing in the Hill County Courthouse. The document is part of a comprehensive upgrade on the local growth policy, the first done since 1971. Under state law passed in 1999, in order to make zoning changes or to annex property, a growth policy meeting state guidelines must be approved. Hill County and Havre upgraded their existing policies to meet those requirements and are now in the final stages of approving a new plan....