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Union County asks staff to draft text amendment to make four-lot threshold the line between minor and major subdivisions

Union County Board of Commissioners · January 13, 2026
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Summary

After reviewing subdivision data since 2014, commissioners directed staff to draft a text amendment that would redefine a major subdivision as four lots or more and to pursue a land-use-board review and February public hearing.

Union County commissioners asked staff Jan. 12 to draft a text amendment that would redefine a major subdivision as a subdivision "consisting of four lots or more," and to move the draft through the land-use-board review and a public hearing as soon as notice requirements permit.

Planning Director Lee Jensen told commissioners that under the current ordinance a "minor subdivision is any subdivision that does not create, more than 8 lots," and he walked the board through statutory exemptions, review procedures and the distinctions between minor and major reviews. Jensen said the county's unified…

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