Daniel planning commission recommends keeping 5-acre minimum, urges caution on code changes

Aug 20, 2025

After hearing split public feedback, the Daniel Town Planning Commission voted to recommend the town council keep existing lot-size rules and nonconforming-lot procedures, citing legal complexity and the risk of unintended consequences.

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Unidentified Speaker 1, a planning commissioner who chaired the meeting, said commissioners heard "a split" at a recent community discussion about changing the town's 5-acre minimum and treatment of nonconforming lots. "We're gonna try and solve for these," one commissioner said, but others warned that narrowly amending the code could create loopholes and greater enforcement burdens.

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