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Attorney urges county to prioritize lot‑line adjustment text amendment to resolve EFU parcel transfers
Summary
During the public hearing on the Community Development Department FY2026 work plan, a land-use attorney urged commissioners to elevate a low‑priority item — a text amendment to clarify lot line adjustment rules for Exclusive Farm Use parcels under 80 acres — arguing the change is a manageable code fix with outsized practical benefit.
At a public hearing on the Community Development Department’s fiscal year 2026 work plan May 7, land-use attorney Adam Smith urged the board to elevate a low-priority item in the draft work plan: a text amendment clarifying the county’s lot line adjustment (LLA) rules, particularly for parcels zoned Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) that are under the 80-acre statutory threshold.
Smith told commissioners the county’s historic 10% minor-variance interpretation effectively constrains lot line adjustments on many EFU parcels and is more restrictive than state statutes that allow LLAs on sub‑minimum parcels when certain conditions are…
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