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Commissioners ask staff to revisit cluster zoning rules, question counting retention ponds as open space
Summary
At an Aug. meeting, commissioners asked planning staff to draft options clarifying whether stormwater retention ponds and other infrastructure may count toward the 25% open-space requirement in cluster/option zoning and to return with proposals for the August planning review.
Commissioner Shaver pressed planning staff on Aug. 4 to clarify how the county’s cluster (option) zoning counts required open space, asking whether retention ponds and other infrastructure should be included in the 25% land set-aside. The commission directed staff to draft options for review at the next meeting and to forward the matter to the planning department.
The exchange focused on how cluster developments — which allow smaller lots in exchange for preserved open space — are implemented. “The purpose of the cluster is to develop an option to establish to encourage clustering of residential development,…
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