Planning commission backs cluster‑development rule changes to boost preserved acreage, spur clustered growth

Jun 6, 2026

Planning staff proposed allowing up to one dwelling per two acres in cluster developments while requiring minimum 50% preserved acreage (preserve blocks at least 25 acres); staff said smaller cluster lots (down to 0.5 acre) coupled with preserve design could increase contiguous farmland preserved versus current 5‑acre subdivision practice.

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Holden Fleming presented a substantive rewrite of the county's cluster‑development regulations that planning staff and the planning commission forwarded to the court.

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