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Planning commission begins review of agricultural lot-split rules, flag-lot and setback concerns
Summary
Reno County planning staff introduced proposed text amendments to Article 13 and related subdivision rules on March 20 to address the county's 3-to-7-acre agricultural-lot split standard, minimum road frontage and width-to-depth ratios; commissioners discussed options including one-time boundary adjustments for prior splits and further study.
County planning staff on March 20 introduced a proposed text amendment package that would revise the county's rules governing agricultural lot splits, minimum road frontage, lot width-to-depth ratios and setbacks.
Mark Vayachin, county planner, outlined concerns staff is aiming to address in Article 13 and related subdivision regulations: a long-standing standard that limits agricultural lot splits to between three and seven acres for a new house on an agricultural parcel, a width-to-depth ratio intended to prevent long, narrow "flag" lots, and a minimum road-frontage requirement (currently 65 feet). Vayachin said the three-to-seven-acre rule,…
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