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Plan Commission advances draft subdivision ordinance, strikes residence limit and schedules September public hearing

Washington County Plan Commission · September 2, 2025
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Summary

The Washington County Plan Commission voted unanimously July 1 to remove a provision limiting residences in new subdivisions and set a public hearing on the draft Subdivision Control Ordinance for the regular September meeting, after the commission and staff flagged wording and citation errors for revision.

The Washington County Plan Commission voted July 1 to remove a provision from the draft Subdivision Control Ordinance that would have limited the number of residences per lot and to schedule the ordinance for a public hearing in September.

Conner Barnette, the guest speaker who presented the draft, told the commission he thought "we were ready to go to the public hearing stage." President Todd Ewen and other members questioned General Provisions section 2d, which restricted the number of residences to one; Barnette advised that…

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