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Committee debates farmland protection inside the 30-square-mile Greater Rigby area
Summary
Members discussed policy language to keep large farms intact, suggested minimum split sizes (2–10 acres) and warned heirs selling land could trigger parcelization; staff said comp-plan wording guides future zoning and conditional use decisions.
Committee members spent substantial time on farmland preservation inside the 30-square-mile Greater Rigby planning area. Several participants argued that, because some landowners have no immediate development plans, the real threat is later parcelization by heirs and developers; the committee discussed policy language and lot-size thresholds to discourage converting large agricultural parcels into many small residential lots.
On policy tools, staff urged starting with guiding-policy language in the comprehensive plan to shape later zoning decisions rather than attempting immediate rezones. One committee member summarized the policy aim simply: "Encourage encourage, agriculture land to stay large acre developments. 2 to 5 acre, 2 to 10 acre developments." The group discussed how such policies would feed into zoning, conditional use permits and future development approvals.
