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Planning commission recommends declining rezoning request for Hoodoo Road parcel; debate on 5-acre rule and family variance continues
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend declining a request to rezone a Hoodoo Road parcel from A-1 to C-1 and spent the remainder of the meeting debating how to allow limited splits in the county's new 5-acre minimum lot-size rule, including a proposed "5-5-5" family-variance compromise and changes to zoning language.
The Planning Commission on July 22 recommended that the County Commission decline a request to rezone a parcel at 1009 Hoodoo Road from A-1 to C-1. The commission's negative recommendation followed a public presentation by Nicholas Northcutt, who said he was representing the Telefords and that the owners wanted to divide the parcel so they could place a house toward the rear of the lot. Northcutt said the parcel is on a state road and that the proposed division would meet setbacks and lot-size requirements for the new lot. Commission members said the larger issue raised by the application was the county's recent zoning change that established a 5-acre minimum lot size in A-1. Commissioners repeatedly emphasized that…
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