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Councilors debate lowering minimum lot size for agritourism overlay to 1 acre; residents and planners weigh tradeoffs
Summary
Planners described a text amendment to allow the agritourism overlay to be applied to one-acre residential agriculture parcels, prompting council concern about impacts in residential neighborhoods and clarifying that any overlay would still require rezone and public review.
Planning staff presented a text amendment request on March 11 to let one‑acre R‑1A (residential agriculture) lots apply for an agritourism overlay that is currently only available to larger agricultural holdings. Planner Dustin Wright said the overlay is an extra layer applied atop an agricultural zone that permits uses such as commercial tours, educational classes, museums and event halls (with standards and conditional use reviews). He emphasized that an agritourism overlay cannot be applied directly to existing non-agricultural zones: a parcel would…
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