Recent History/Archives

P&Z Removing Phone-In Comments as of 7/1/2023

On 5/26/2023, P&Z Commission decided to remove the capability for the public to make comments by phone.

Click to watch the P&Z discussion and see the opposition.

'Ready in 6' Initiatives and House Bills to Accelerate Approval Process

KPMG Analysis Commissioned by Delaware Business Roundtable (DBR)
Click for  details  about these bills.

Status - HB 102 and HB 104 have been signed into law.

DBR commissioned KPMG to study Delaware's permit competitiveness to find ways to accelerate the permit process for businesses. Based on the KPMG's report, Ready in 6 Coalition(*) came up with House Bills 101, 102, 103, and 104.

HB 102 and HB 104 passed the House and the Senate and are waiting for Governor to sign them into law.  HB 101 and HB 103 have been introduced but not yet considered by the House Committee. These bills may create jobs, such as gas station clerks, but may leave irreparable environmental damages by rushing the processes through.
Please review the documents and send your comments to the legislators and Governor Carney. The feedback we received from the legislators is that the public comments have been minimal.

• HB 101 - Allows pre-approved private contractors to take over DelDOT's Entrance permit and DNREC's Stormwater permit processes.

• HB 102 - Mandates Temporary Entrance Permits to be issued within 10 business days for any commercial or economic development projects. Passed the House and the Senate; Waiting for Governor to sign into law.

• HB 103 - Collects Traffic Impact Fees in Investment Levels 1 and 2 in lieu of Traffic Impact Study.

• HB 104 - Exempts PLUS reviews for businesses creating any full-time jobs if the parcels are 'at least partially located in Investment Levels 1 or 2.' Passed the House and the Senate; Waiting for Governor to sign into law.

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(*) The Coalition includes: DBR, Delaware State Chamber, Kent Economic Partnership, Greater Kent Committee, Sussex County Economic Development Action Committee (SEDAC), ACEC Delaware, the Committee of 100, the Central Delaware Chamber, the New Castle County Chamber, Delaware Contractors Association, the Delaware Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, and the Home Builders Association of Delaware.

Delaware and Sussex County's Traffic Crash Data Analysis

In early March 2023, Delaware State released Crash Data from 2009 up to '6 Months Ago' along with an analysis Dashboard.

Sussex2030 created another Dashboard to analyze Sussex County's crashes with a focus on the Crash Types and Yearly trends. It also provides other filters (search criteria or selection options).

For more details, visit https://sites.google.com/view/sussex2030-traffic/crash-analysis.

PLUS Project (Sussex County) Dashboard

Sussex2030 created its own PLUS Dashboard using the State's public data. It shows only the projects in Sussex County. It lists projects in descending order of the PLUS ID and in ascending order of the Project names.  

It can be sorted by Application Type, such as Subdivisions, Change of Zone, Land Use Map Change, etc.

Sussex County Open Government - Code of Ethics

(The following is posted on the County's website following the Code of Ethics training of Feb. 2, 2023.)

Sussex County takes very seriously the public's right to know, and has taken numerous steps in recent years to ensure improved public access by posting to the County website important information such as government agendas, minutes, budgets and other records.

A variety of resources exist on the County website for the public to access information, monitor government meetings, and file records requests.

For further information about public access, please contact the Sussex County FOIA Coordinator at (302) 855-7742 or submit questions via the FOIA questions webform.

The Sussex County Government follows the Code of Conduct adopted by the State of Delaware.

In February 2023, members of Sussex County Council, Planning & Zoning Commission, and Board of Adjustment, as well as senior leadership, took part in a public seminar focused on ethics training, provided by counsel from the Delaware Public Integrity Commission. Watch the video, or view the presentation [slides] here.

County's Initiatives Review And Development Design Ideas - 3/7/2023 at Council 

Below are the presentation slides and presentation video.