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Planning commission approves recommendation to allow some single‑family lots as small as 30,000 sq ft
Summary
The Mountain Vista City Borough Planning Commission on Nov. 3 approved Resolution 25‑18, recommending an ordinance to allow certain single‑family lots to be reduced from 40,000 square feet to 30,000 square feet when wells and septic locations are pre‑designated on the plat.
Mountain Vista City Borough — The Mountain Vista City Borough Planning Commission on Nov. 3 voted to approve Resolution 25‑18, a recommendation to the assembly that would amend chapter 43.2 of the subdivision development standards to allow some lots in single‑family residential land use districts to be reduced to 30,000 square feet if the well and septic locations are shown on the plat.
“This is an ordinance that is being proposed by Assembly member Sumner,” said Alex Straub, Planning and Land Use Director. “What it does is allows an avenue for somebody to divide lots to less than 40,000 square feet ... as long as a couple of different things happen.” Straub said the key conditions would be that wells and septic systems be located on the plat and that the lots be in the single‑family residential…
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