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Auburn committee narrows draft growth-area map, debates how water, sewer and state rules should shape density
Summary
Committee members spent the bulk of the Nov. 18 meeting reviewing a draft future land‑use map and debating how state growth-area rules, water/sewer availability and the Lake Auburn watershed overlay should determine where higher-density development is allowed. Staff will deliver an interactive dashboard and revised map ahead of the Dec. 16 meeting.
Auburn’s Comprehensive Planning Committee devoted most of its Nov. 18 meeting to resolving conflicts on a draft future land‑use map, focusing on where the city should designate “growth areas” subject to recent state density rules.
Staff planner Alli presented a layered draft map and summarized proposed state rulemaking that treats three broad place-types differently: growth areas with water and sewer, areas with water and sewer that are not designated growth areas, and growth areas without water and sewer. Alli told the committee that in growth areas served by water and sewer, municipalities cannot set minimum lot sizes larger than 5,000 square feet for the first four residential units on a lot; where septic governs, state septic rules typically impose about 20,000 square feet per dwelling unit.
Committee members asked for clarification on what the 5,000-square-foot standard actually requires of cities. Alli said municipalities must allow the possibility of…
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