Planning staff recommends counting floodplain acreage toward minimum lot size; commission forwards amendment to July 7
Planning Director Lincoln Webb recommended removing the zoning language that excludes floodplain acreage from minimum lot-area calculations for newly created lots; the Commission reached consensus to move Option 1 forward for July 7 consideration.
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Planning Director Lincoln Webb told the Commission the Board of Supervisors referred a resolution (R-2026-29) asking the Planning Commission to consider removing the floodplain exclusion in the county’s lot-area definitions. Webb said the amendment would apply only to newly created lots and would not change floodplain permitting or affect existing lots or structures.
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