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Lincoln County commissioners split over R-3 zoning changes; two of four amendments pass
Summary
Commissioners debated four proposed changes to the county's R-3 high-density residential zone. They approved a requirement that R-3 districts lie inside urban growth areas and a rule that R-3 districts be within five road miles of a county fire station; proposals to ban tiny/manufactured homes and to require major-thoroughfare access failed.
Commissioners in Lincoln County spent the bulk of their November meeting debating four proposed changes to the county's R-3 high-density residential zoning district.
A package of amendments introduced by a commissioner would (1) prohibit tiny homes and manufactured homes in R-3, (2) require R-3 districts to be inside an urban growth or county plan growth area, (3) require R-3 districts to be bordered by and accessed from a major thoroughfare, and (4) require R-3 districts to be within five road miles of a county fire station. The commission first considered whether to send the package back to the…
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