Vernon County planning commission begins drafting countywide subdivision ordinance, defers acreage decision pending data

Jan 8, 2026

Commissioners agreed to use the state subdivision definition as a baseline and asked staff to compile five years of land-division/CSM data before choosing an acreage cutoff that would trigger county review. Discussion highlighted buyer protection, survey errors, and staff capacity.

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The Vernon County Planning Commission opened a review of a draft countywide subdivision (land-division) ordinance and agreed to defer a decision on the acreage cutoff that would trigger county review until staff can provide recent transaction data.

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