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Commissioners grant variance to allow 35‑foot flag accesses for Buckner family division after lengthy debate
Summary
The court approved a variance to Walker County subdivision regulations allowing two flag‑lot access strips of 35 feet (instead of the 50‑foot standard) to create up to four family lots from a 17‑acre parcel. The decision followed substantial public testimony from landowners and commissioners’ warnings that the ruling could affect future policy and
Walker County Commissioners Court on Oct. 20 granted a variance to subdivision regulations that allows two flag‑lot access strips of 35 feet — narrower than the standard 50 feet — for a family division of roughly 17 acres in the John Sadler league survey. The application proposed dividing the existing tract into several flag lots served by those narrower access strips.
The item drew extended public comment from property owners who said the layout was the only viable way to provide home sites for family members without otherwise demolishing…
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