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Planning council backs lowering master‑planned community minimum to about one square mile

3441127 · May 21, 2025
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Summary

After debate over precedent and scale, the planning council recommended the Board of County Commissioners amend the master‑planned community (MPC) ordinance to reduce the minimum acreage from 750 to 640 acres (plus or minus 10%). The recommendation followed applicant requests to reduce the threshold to 550 acres.

The Bannock County Planning and Development Council on June 18 voted to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners amend the zoning ordinance’s master‑planned community (MPC) standards to reduce the minimum required acreage from 750 acres to 640 acres plus or minus 10%.

Applicant Matt Lou had asked the council to lower the minimum to 550 acres to allow development options on a parcel he and…

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