Board tightens single‑cut subdivision rules, effectively requiring 12‑acre parent parcel
The board approved amendments to subdivision and zoning ordinances that clarify 'single‑cut' (one‑time) subdivisions: new language keeps the 2‑acre single‑cut allowance but requires a 10‑acre residue (effectively a 12‑acre starting parcel) and eliminates an outdated minimum lot‑size table; the changes passed 5–0.
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Charity Gold, planning staff, explained coordinated amendments to the county subdivision and zoning ordinances clarifying single‑cut subdivision rules for agricultural parcels. The revisions keep the existing ability to create a one‑time 2‑acre lot but require that the parent tract leave a 10‑acre residue — which effectively means the parent tract must be at least 12 acres to qualify. The amendment also removes an outdated minimum‑lot‑size summary table from the zoning ordinance to avoid conflicts, and forbids creation of a new flag lot with only 30 feet of frontage for the single‑cut parcel; administrative private‑road approval by the planning director is added as an option.
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