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Committee recommends subdivision rule changes to block flag‑lot workarounds and set consolidation caps
Summary
The committee amended and recommended a subdivision regulation amendment (SRA) that prohibits flag lots and through lots that place higher‑intensity development behind a detached house, defines a 'shared access lot' (including apartment buildings), and limits consolidations by median eligible‑lot area (R60 7,800 sq ft; R90 11,200; R200 22,000; R40 6,500). It voted 3‑0 to recommend the SRA to the full council.
The Planning, Housing and Parks Committee on Sept. 29 recommended to the full council a subdivision regulation amendment aimed at preventing developers from using newly created flag or through lots to place duplexes or townhouses behind existing single‑family homes and thereby bypass workforce‑housing and compatibility rules.
Ms. Nadeau summarized the SRA: it prohibits approving flag lots, lots that do not abut a public or private road, and through lots for optional‑method workforce housing in the way…
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