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County commissioners deny ordinance to reduce RA-5 minimum lot size from 5 to 2.5 acres
Summary
After staff and the planning commission recommended denial, the Utah County Commission voted to deny an ordinance proposal to amend RA-5 lot-size requirements. Staff cited groundwater and septic concerns, previous studies, and housing-price data showing limited affordability gains on 2.5-acre parcels.
The Utah County Commission voted on March 12 to deny an ordinance amendment request that would have reduced the minimum lot size in the RA-5 zone from five acres to 2.5 acres for dwellings within homeowners associations.
Greg Robinson of Community Development summarized the application to commissioners: the RA-5 zone currently requires a five-acre minimum lot and 250 feet of frontage for a dwelling; the applicant sought to reduce the minimum to 2.5 acres and 125 feet of frontage. Robinson said the applicant’s proposed ordinance language did not, as written, accomplish the changes the applicant described and that both the county planning…
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