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Commission opts to use state five-year subdivision window while staff examines parcel-history tracking
Summary
Members agreed to default to the state's five-year rule for now and asked staff to determine whether county parcel records can reliably track parent/child parcel histories before adopting any county-specific timing system.
The commission debated whether to adopt the state approach to counting land divisions (five or more parcels within five years measured from the property owner's first split) or a county-specific calendar-based five-year window. Staff noted existing parcel/tax systems can record parcel creation dates and parent/child relationships, and commissioners asked staff to verify whether the county's land-parcel system can reliably support per-property tracking.
In the interim the commission agreed to default to the state definition so that the ordinance language aligns with statutory intent while staff evaluates parcel-record options and a tracking method that would make a county-specific approach practical.
