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Clay County planners revisit 'Compass 240' one-year review amid concerns over lot-size 'creep'
Summary
At a May 5, 2026 planning commission meeting staff reviewed the one-year status of the "Clay County Compass 240" comprehensive plan; commissioners debated median-lot calculations, conservation districts, potential "creep" that reduces lot sizes over time, and the consequences of city annexation.
Clay County planning staff used the commission's May 5 meeting to give an informal one-year update on the county comprehensive plan, referred to in the meeting as Clay County Compass 240, and to walk commissioners through how the plan’s tiers and the land-development code are being applied.
Staff explained the plan establishes a set of acreage tiers that govern allowable lot sizes depending on distance from city limits: managed growth (near cities), median-lot calculations within a half-mile radius, median lot-size allowances for farmstead dwellings (five-plus acres around pre-1985 houses), and larger 20- and 40-acre preservation tiers farther from cities. Staff said the median—rather than average—lot-size within the…
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