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Zoning board hears special‑use request to create one new dwelling site with shared well

5821887 · July 1, 2025
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Tom Swenson requested a special use to create a one‑acre dwelling site in an A‑1 district to give to his daughter; staff recommended approval after finding soils are not prime and other agencies raised standard permitting requirements; transcript records applicant testimony and staff conditions but no final zoning board vote in the excerpt.

Tom Swenson appeared before the Tazewell County Zoning Board seeking a special‑use permit to establish one new dwelling site on about one acre in an A‑1 agricultural district to give to his daughter and son‑in‑law.

Land‑use staff reported that soils on the parcel rate approximately 110 (below the county threshold of 125 for prime farmland), and…

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