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Union County Steering Committee Presents Rural Land Use Plan; Board Directs Staff to Study Subdivision Threshold
Summary
Steering committee chair presented recommended rural land-use strategies including expanded easement purchases, contiguous open-space requirements, and limited low-impact rural commercial uses; commissioners approved a motion directing staff to research lowering the minor/major subdivision threshold.
The Union County Board of Commissioners heard a detailed presentation of a proposed rural land use plan and map amendments intended to preserve agricultural land and rural character.
Alan Baucham, chair of the rural land use steering committee, summarized a year of public outreach and recommended strategies that include expanding the agricultural easement purchase program with a long-term goal of protecting 10% of the county’s agricultural land (committees cited roughly 190,000 acres countywide and a…
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