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Union County commissioners direct staff to propose changes to minor subdivision rules to curb farmland loss
Summary
After a lengthy discussion about farmland loss and a longstanding eight-lot threshold, the Union County Board of Commissioners voted to direct staff to return with strategies that could lower the minor-subdivision lot limit and close loopholes such as road-splitting that can create effectively larger subdivisions.
Union County commissioners on Thursday directed staff to develop options to change the county's minor subdivision rules, citing concerns about farmland loss, traffic safety and unchecked residential lot splitting.
The board's discussion centered on the ordinance that defines a "minor subdivision" as up to eight lots from a single parent parcel created since Feb. 14, 1978. Lee Jensen, the county's planning director, explained the existing framework and how staff uses historic parcel maps to determine how many times a property has been split. "Anytime you divide land, into 2 or more lots, that's…
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