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Property owners and council spar over roadway easement in 40‑acre subdivision; council agrees to extension and more staff‑applicant talks
Summary
Owners of a 40-acre property seeking to split off a home site objected to a required roadway easement, saying it would carve up their family farm and limit building options; planning staff said the easement is needed to preserve an internal road network for future subdivisions.
A landowner seeking a minor two-lot subdivision for a roughly 40-acre parcel questioned the council’s requirement to dedicate an east–west roadway easement through the property for future internal road connectivity.
The owners said they bought the parcel partly to preserve a family farm and argued that a full-width easement along the county road frontage would sever a buildable endcap and dramatically reduce saleability. They said the city’s completeness review earlier suggested a north–south easement, then later…
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