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Commission approves modification to Northstar subdivision, raising lots to 67 amid traffic concerns
Summary
The commission approved a second-reading modification allowing a previously approved Northstar subdivision to increase from 55 to 67 lots; commissioners and residents raised concerns about school-bus safety and speed limits on County Road 125 but staff said the county's traffic consultant found no additional study necessary.
The Baker County Commission approved a modification to a previously authorized subdivision, allowing a developer to increase the lot count from 55 to 67 on a 26.6-acre parcel located at the northeast corner of County Road 125 and County Road 139B.
A county presenter (speaker 14) described the change as driven by permitting adjustments related to wetlands; each lot will retain a minimum 0.25-acre size, the interior road will be paved to county standards and the development will be served by municipal water from the town of Glen with private septic for each lot. "The previous application was for 55 lots. Since that time... permitting changes... allowed for the addition of a few more lots," the presenter explained.
Residents and several commissioners pressed staff about bus-stop safety and the existing speed limits along County Road 125. One commissioner asked whether the school district would site stops on a county road that could block traffic and whether the county could address speed limits; staff said Pittman Engineering advised that a traffic study was not necessary after the lot increase from 55 to 67, but the county's traffic engineer could revisit speed-limit and safety measures and the county can unilaterally reduce a county road's posted speed if warranted. After public comment, the board moved and unanimously approved the application modification.
Commissioners directed staff to continue coordinating with the school superintendent about bus-stop placement and asked that the county's traffic engineer assess speed-limit and signage options for the area.
