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Planning commission discusses state-mandated unit‑lot subdivisions; asks staff to add clarifying language
Summary
The commission reviewed state-required unit‑lot subdivision language that would allow sale of attached dwellings with the land beneath them, and asked staff to add clarifying language to prevent circumvention of subdivision safeguards.
The La Conner Planning Commission reviewed proposed code language to implement a state requirement for unit‑lot subdivisions, a form of ownership that allows an owner to sell a dwelling with the land it sits on rather than an air‑space condo.
Michelle, planning staff, explained that unit‑lot subdivisions apply development standards (setbacks, landscaping, impervious surface) to the parent lot. She said that short plats would be the application route for…
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