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Board approves Sperlin Minor Subdivision after honoring earlier state water augmentation approval
Summary
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.
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.
Planner Hannah Zagon recommended approval with a variance to section 3.4 to allow wells and septic and listed six conditions to be met before recording. Commissioners discussed fairness about not changing rules mid‑process and affirmed that this was a one‑off accommodation rather than setting a new county precedent. "Staff decided to honor what was told to them in 2022 and took this request forward," Zagon said. The board moved and approved the preliminary/final plat as presented with the conditions.
