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Socorro planning commission adopts updated A-1 agricultural zoning rules, lowers minimum lot size to 1 acre
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted Oct. 7 to add district regulations for A-1 agricultural zoning, reduce the minimum lot size to 1 acre and list agritourism as a permitted use, while keeping conditional-use review for activities such as desalination containers.
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted Oct. 7 to add district regulations for the A-1 agricultural zoning district to the City of Socorro’s zoning code and to change the minimum lot size for A-1 from the staff-proposed 2 acres to 1 acre.
Planning staff explained the change restores A-1 rules that had been removed from the municipal code in 2014 and implements recommendations from the Socorro 2040 comprehensive plan and a steering committee of local farmers. Staff noted the steering committee recommended reducing the minimum lot size to support smaller farms; the commission adopted that recommendation.
The adopted amendments also add…
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