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Alamance County public hearing draws wide opposition to proposed 1.5-acre minimum lot size
Summary
At a Sept. 3 public hearing, planning staff presented changes to the subdivision ordinance that would raise minimum lot sizes from 30,000 to 65,000 square feet and tighten cul‑de‑sac width standards; dozens of builders, developers, farmers and residents testified, and commissioners asked staff for more study rather than adopting the changes immediately.
Planning staff on Tuesday presented four proposed amendments to Alamance County’s subdivision ordinance that would raise minimum lot sizes in unincorporated areas and add new cul‑de‑sac width requirements.
The changes proposed by the planning board would increase the minimum lot size for new lots served by wells and septic systems from 30,000 square feet to 65,000 square feet (about 1.5 acres), set the same 65,000‑square‑foot minimum for watershed balance lots, increase cul‑de‑sac frontage measured along the chord from 20 to 26 feet and add a building‑site width standard for cul‑de‑sac lots with exemptions for parcels of two acres or larger. Planning staff told the board the planning board issued a consistency statement under North Carolina statute 160D in support of the amendments.
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