Staff: county code ties lot sizes to water; public sewer must be added

County staff told the board that the county ordinance historically sets minimum lot sizes based on the source of water—public piped water versus private wells—and that language in multiple code sections did not address public sewer. "When someone pipes the water to you...you have to have threequarters of an acre to build a home on. If you have an own like a whale or some other water containment system on your own property, you have to have an acre and a half," the county manager said, describing existing minimums.