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Commission to hear changes to family‑division lot sizes and holding periods; commissioners debate hold‑period effects
Summary
The Planning Commission agreed to advertise proposed changes that would reduce minimum family‑division lot sizes and shorten an ownership prerequisite, while extending holding periods on some parcels; commissioners debated mortgage and title impacts before voting to send the proposal to a public hearing.
The Powhatan Planning Commission voted to advertise proposed amendments to family‑division rules — including smaller minimum lot sizes and a shortened pre‑division ownership period — for a public hearing, while several commissioners urged clarifications about holding periods and title burdens.
Planner Sean Clendening summarized the Board of Supervisors’ referral and the draft changes, saying the proposal would reduce the minimum family‑division lot size in the A‑10/RR district from 3 acres to 2 acres, reduce the required residue parcel size from 5 acres to 4 acres, and reduce the minimum pre‑division ownership period from five years to two consecutive years. Clendening said that under the proposal a parcel that formerly required 8 acres to…
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