Commission Recommends Approval of Dunlap Zoning Change to Legalize Two Dwellings

The Albany County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve a zoning district amendment for property at 39 Peakview Road, changing the parcel’s zoning from agricultural to rural residential.

The recommendation, moved and seconded at the meeting, would allow the landowner to pursue a conditional use permit or subdivision to bring two existing primary dwellings on the 38.85-acre parcel into compliance with county density rules. The commission adopted staff analysis, findings of fact and conclusions of law as incorporated in the staff report.

County planning staff told commissioners the applicant, Lance Dunlap, provided a complete application and documentation. Staff said the request generally follows the Albany County comprehensive plan and is compatible with surrounding land uses,…