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Milton staff share data showing larger home footprints on shrinking AG1 lots; residents urge caution on proposed plat changes
Summary
City staff presented five years of AG1 data showing house footprints increasing while lot sizes have shrunk, and outlined a compressed timeline for code amendments; residents at the public input forum raised concerns about increased costs, variance approvals and stormwater-driven tree loss.
City of Milton staff on March 24 presented data they say show a trend of larger house footprints being built on progressively smaller AG1 lots and said the city is preparing code amendments to address conflicts that now appear at the building-permit stage.
"Two factors are driving the challenges that we're seeing on smaller AG1 lots," Deputy Community Development Director Tracy Wilds told the public during the moderated input session. She said larger homes and additional site improvements are making it harder for some properties to meet development standards such as lot coverage and impervious-surface limits, and that lots created through the minor-plat process often do not receive early feasibility review.
The data Wilds described—compiled using…
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