The Finance Committee agenda shows a discussion item on TA‑UDO 2026, a comprehensive text amendment to remove and replace Boone County Code Appendix A (Zoning Ordinance) and Appendix B (Subdivision Regulations) with a new Unified Development Ordinance. Supporting documents include a draft UDO, zoning map, Farm Bureau input, and comments from the Farmland Protection Program, indicating an in‑depth policy and regulatory overhaul that will affect land use, permitting, and development review processes. This effort is still at the discussion stage, with drafts under review and no vendor selected, which places it in open planning. For consultants and technology vendors, a UDO modernization often triggers downstream needs such as code analysis, GIS and permitting system updates, public engagement, legal review, and training for staff and developers. A productive next conversation would focus on how the county plans to implement the new UDO operationally—updating workflows, online ordinances, application forms, and zoning map integrations once the text is adopted.

Documents referenced include "Boone UDO Clean (004) June 9" and stakeholder comment letters, indicat...