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Planning staff proposes new cluster-subdivision and farm-housing rules to preserve rural character
Summary
Planning staff presented two zoning ordinance amendments: one to restore and tighten rules for cluster (conservation) subdivisions, and one to reinsert a farm-housing provision removed in 2021. The proposals set conservation-area minimums, new lot-size tiers tied to utilities, and limits on farm-housing size and occupancy.
Joyce Volk, planning staff, told the King William County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 13 that state law requires the county to provide for cluster subdivisions and that staff is proposing changes to clarify and strengthen the county's rules.
Under the draft ordinance, a conservation lot would be placed under a permanent open-space easement held by an approved government or qualifying nonprofit easement holder rather than by the county. The ordinance would require that, to the maximum extent possible, sensitive environmental features and mature woodlands be protected; that public roads built for such subdivisions meet county public-road standards; and that one dwelling may be placed on a conservation lot. The drafts would remove prior density bonuses tied to public utilities or workforce housing. Proposed minimum lot…
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