Max Green urges simpler subdivision rules to ease small-lot splits

Jun 3, 2026

Max Green presented a proposed revision to the county's subdivision control ordinance, recommending changes such as lowering an acreage threshold from 2 to 1 acre and allowing up to five splits for minor subdivisions; commissioners asked for full drafts to be circulated for public review.

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Max Green, a resident who presented a draft modification to the subdivision control ordinance, told the planning commission he had reworked a 2011 document to ‘‘adjust it and go back and review it’’ for the county. He said the changes would, among other things, alter acreage thresholds and the number of allowable minor splits to make local subdivision rules less costly and more flexible for long-time property owners.

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