Board approves Sperlin Minor Subdivision after honoring earlier state water augmentation approval

Jun 17, 2025

Planning staff presented a minor subdivision to split a ~10‑acre lot (with an approved water augmentation plan) into two single‑family lots; commissioners approved the preliminary/final plat with six pre‑recording conditions and stressed this was a unique, non‑precedent decision.

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Planning staff presented the Sperlin Minor Subdivision request to split a roughly 10‑acre lot in the Great Divide/Head Lettuce area into two single‑family lots. The applicants had completed a state water‑augmentation plan in 2022, which permitted two wells; staff said the subdivision regulations had changed since the applicants began the process and that honoring the earlier guidance was appropriate in this unique case.

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