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Supervisors direct staff to explore smaller rural parcel sizes and sprinkler alternatives amid affordability concerns
Summary
Contractors and residents urged lowering limited-density residential parcel minimums (from 5 acres toward 1 acre or less) to boost housing affordability; board directed staff to research statutory findings and bring back code-amendment options, citing high costs of required residential fire sprinkler systems and water system upgrades.
Members of the public and local contractors pressed the Amador County Board of Supervisors to pursue code changes to the county’s limited-density residential dwelling (LDRD) rules to make housing more affordable.
TJ Hobbs, a local contractor, said mandatory residential multipurpose fire sprinkler systems and well/upgrades add tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of building on small rural parcels. "Average cost just to install a multipurpose system…
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