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Council directs ordinance change so planning commission can waive lot‑separation fence requirement for minor subdivisions

3335847 · May 16, 2025
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Summary

Council voted to have the city attorney revise municipal code to replace references to the city council with the planning commission for waivers of the land‑separation fence requirement on certain minor subdivisions; the change reflects that minor subdivisions are now acted on by the planning commission, not the council.

The Hooper City Council on May 15 approved a motion directing the city attorney to prepare ordinance language replacing references to the city council with the planning commission for waivers of the land‑separation fencing requirement in certain small subdivisions.

Staff explained the change responds to a planning commission concern: under current Title 10 language, the code still reads that the city council may waive a land-separation fence requirement in some circumstances, but…

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