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Commission recommends change of 37.05 acres from conservation to agriculture/silviculture at Porter Pond Road
Summary
Planning commissioners voted to recommend approval of a small-scale future land-use map amendment to change 37.05 acres at 5641 Porter Pond Road from conservation to agriculture/silviculture; the recommendation will go to the Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 16.
The Washington County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a future land-use map amendment requested by Jason Jones to change 37.05 acres at 5641 Porter Pond Road from conservation to agriculture/silviculture.
Staff presented the request and the applicant's survey, noting the parcel is located in the county's southeast and is accessed via Porter Pond Road off Strickland Road and Highway 20. Planning staff said the parcel is a "cut out" from a larger tract and cited an adjacent parcel recently changed from conservation to agriculture/silviculture in December.
"This is our future land use map and the dark green is conservation, the light green is agriculture silviculture," a planning staff member said while presenting the map. Staff said the neighborhood information meeting was held on Dec. 19; the…
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