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Land Use Board opens review of minor‑subdivision rules; asks staff to pursue outreach
Summary
The board continued a multistep review of minor‑subdivision policy, discussing whether parent‑parcel rules that treat lots split by roadway as separate parcels create a loophole allowing more than eight minor lots; staff will seek input from builders and the agricultural community and return with comparative examples and draft wording.
Union County planning staff and board members resumed a multi‑month review of the county’s minor‑subdivision standards on March 17, focusing on the definition of a "lot," the parent‑parcel date, and possible family‑subdivision exemptions.
Planning Director Lee Jensen explained that under the existing ordinance a public right‑of‑way that divides a parent parcel can create two parent parcels for minor‑subdivision counting, allowing up to eight minor lots on each side and, in some rare large‑tract scenarios,…
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