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Monroe County planning panel forwards contested 25‑year sliding‑scale subdivision rule to commissioners, 5‑4
Summary
The Monroe County Plan Commission voted 5‑4 to send a proposed change to the county development ordinance (ZOA‑25‑3) — which keeps a 25‑year reservation on parent parcels in the sliding‑scale subdivision option — to the Board of Commissioners with a waiver of final hearing.
The Monroe County Plan Commission voted 5‑4 on Monday to forward a proposed amendment to the county development ordinance known as ZOA‑25‑3 to the Board of Commissioners, recommending the plan language that formalizes a 25‑year reservation on parent parcels under the sliding‑scale subdivision option.
Staff presented the amendment as illustrative clarifications and two new purpose statements: (1) to allow flexibility for smaller residential lots served by private sewage disposal while preserving a majority of the original tract for agriculture or conservation, and (2) to ensure development in rural areas will not overburden infrastructure and emergency services. Staff described a sliding‑scale example…
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