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Planning staff seeks favorably recommendation to allow 10,000- and 20,000-square-foot lots in rural residential zone
Summary
At a Dorchester County planning commission meeting, staff presented a text amendment to the Rural Residential (RR) zoning district to allow 10,000-square-foot lots where public water and sewer exist and require 20,000-square-foot lots where private wells and septic are used; the commission voted a favorable recommendation to the county council.
Susan Webb, a planning staff presenter, told the Dorchester County Planning Commission that a proposed text amendment would change minimum lot sizes in the Rural Residential (RR) district to better align development with available infrastructure. "It allows smaller lots, 10,000 square feet, where public water and sewer are available and requires larger lots, 20,000 square feet, where development relies on well and septic," Webb said.
The amendment’s goal, Webb said, is to direct growth into areas that can support it and to make more efficient use of existing infrastructure while protecting agricultural…
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