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Board upholds planning commission denial of Tropical Treehouse duplex amendment; supervisors debate future duplex rules in agricultural zones
Summary
The board reviewed a special-exception amendment seeking to broaden occupancy of a duplex (originally permitted for farm workers) and, after discussion and a failed motion to allow 50% general rental, left the planning commission denial in place; supervisors debated whether duplexes should be allowed in A-1/agricultural zoning.
The board took up a special-exception amendment for a duplex on Green Hill Road known in the record as Tropical Treehouse. The applicant sought to allow one half of the duplex to be rented to non–farm-worker tenants while retaining the other half for H-2A/visa farm workers tied to the applicant's operation.
Background and planning commission action: Planning staff described that the board previously tabled a request to remove a condition limiting occupancy to farm workers. The planning commission considered an amendment to allow…
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