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Commissioners defer Elmwood Farms APFO decision, ask developer and staff for mitigation options
Summary
Washington County commissioners did not approve the developer’s request to use the alternate APFO mitigation contribution for Elmwood Farms Section 5D. Commissioners asked staff and the developer to return with specific mitigation options that address school-capacity impacts.
Washington County commissioners on Tuesday declined to approve a developer’s request to proceed under the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance’s alternate mitigation contribution for Elmwood Farms Section 5D and instead asked staff and the developer to return with concrete mitigation options.
The request covered 19 remaining lots in Elmwood Farms’ Section 5D. Developer John Del Valle and attorney William C. Watts asked the board to allow the project to use an alternate mitigation contribution tied to a prior preliminary plat approval dating to February 2005. Del Valle said completing the 19 lots would generate county revenue and that the developer has already invested in off-site work,…
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