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Senate bill to cap minimum lot sizes draws heated debate over housing supply, local control and infrastructure
Summary
Senate Bill 84 would cap local minimum-lot size requirements to allow smaller residential lots — as small as a half acre where municipal water and sewer exist — to increase housing density and lower building costs.
Senate Bill 84, introduced by Senator Murphy, proposes statewide maximums for local minimum lot-size requirements to increase housing density: roughly 1.5 acres for lots without municipal water or sewer, 1 acre where municipal water is available, and as small as half an acre where both municipal water and sewer exist.
Sponsor Murphy framed the bill as a major step to allow builders to produce starter homes and smaller houses that meet workforce needs, calling large minimum-lot rules “the single biggest tool in the planners toolbox to force builders to only build mansions and keep out new neighbors.” He and home-building witnesses argued smaller lot sizes allow…
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