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Aberdeen board eases subdivision rules for long parcels, limits flag lots temporarily
Summary
The Aberdeen Board approved UDO text amendment TA-24-6 to remove a depth-to-width subdivision restriction and allow detached single-family homes on certain thoroughfares; the board added a temporary limit of one flag lot per 30 lots while staff refines language.
Aberdeen’s Board of Commissioners voted Jan. 25 to amend the town’s Unified Development Ordinance, removing a restriction that had prevented realistic subdivision of long, deep parcels and clarifying where detached single-family homes may be built along major thoroughfares.
Planning Director Pam told the board the current depth-to-width rule and a provision that effectively bars detached homes on lots that front certain thoroughfares have blocked ordinary low-density subdivision in some R20 districts. Pam said staff developed TA-24-6…
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