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Planning staff previews comprehensive‑plan land‑use amendments, proposes larger rural lot sizes and nomenclature changes
Summary
Pennington County planning staff said they will propose changes to the county comprehensive plan’s land use section, including raising the minimum lot size for low‑density residential from 1/2 acre to one acre and renaming several residential districts to reduce confusion with city zoning definitions.
Brittney Molitor, Pennington County planning director, told the Board on Jan. 22 that staff have completed a parcel‑by‑parcel review of the future land use map and will propose targeted changes to the comprehensive plan’s land use section.
Key proposals Molitor described include changing the low‑density residential minimum lot size from 1/2 acre to 1 acre to better accommodate wells and septic systems in the hills; renaming “suburban/urban residential” districts to clarify differences (for example changing names to Suburban…
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