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Douglas County approves vacating Lot 5 and rezones parcel to AG‑1 to allow rebuilding on adjacent level ground
Summary
The Board of Douglas County Commissioners voted 5–0 July 16 to vacate Lot 5 in Twin Ridge Heights West and rezone about 6.42 acres to AG‑1, enabling the property owner to create a buildable parcel on adjoining, less steep land after staff found the original platted lot unsuitable for construction.
Douglas County commissioners voted 5–0 Wednesday to vacate Lot 5, Block 1, Twin Ridge Heights West Subdivision and to rezone an approximately 6.42‑acre area to AG‑1 (Agricultural District) to allow the property owner to combine land and locate a house on a buildable, less steep area.
Mary Miller, city/county planner, told commissioners the two requests are “closely related” and that the owner initially intended to build on the platted lot but discovered “extreme topographical changes” and a ravine that made the lot poorly suited to development. Miller said the owner also owns a larger parcel to the west without road frontage and that vacating the platted lot and rezoning to AG‑1 would permit use of an agricultural subdivision exemption to create a buildable parcel.
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