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Staff presents proposed growth-tier maps to implement state septic bill; few rural parcels lose development potential
Summary
County staff outlined draft tier maps required by the Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act (septic bill). Most rural lands remain mapped as protected; staff estimated only about 1,152 parcels would lose development potential and recommended limited targeted exceptions.
Planning staff presented the county’s draft growth-tier maps required by the Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012 and explained how various local mapping choices interact with state guidance. The mapping determines where major subdivisions are allowed and where local jurisdictions will restrict or permit development in the absence of public sewer.
Staff walked through criteria the state suggested—existing and proposed sewer service, locally designated growth areas, zoning districts, priority funding areas, rural legacy and priority preservation areas, and lands subject to conservation easements—and described how the…
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