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County directs staff to form working group to review 40-unit subdivision rule

Pennington County Board of Commissioners · March 23, 2026
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Pennington County commissioners directed planning staff to form a cross-department working group to review the county's "40-unit" subdivision rule, focusing on dead-end road management and public-safety input from emergency services and the highway department.

Pennington County commissioners voted to direct planning staff to convene a cross-department working group to evaluate possible changes to the county's 40-unit subdivision rule.

Jason Thinneson, assistant planning director, told the board the rule has repeatedly put the commission in the role of de facto planners on dead-end road systems and that staff would like to…

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