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“There’s a discrepancy if my 27-acre lot can’t be divided when the man next door with 12 acres (and a lot of record as of 1962) can get five cuts,” Mr. Henry maintained. Mr. Henry’s 27-acre parcel wasn’t a recorded lot until 1983, and “1962 is the magic date,” Chairman A.Y. Stokes pointed out.
“You have to be fair to people who live in this county and own property in this county and want their children to be able to live on that property,” the former supervisor argued. “It shouldn’t matter how old the lot is.” Setting the limit at 1962 is “simply discriminatory,” he insisted.
“It comes down to whose ox is being gored,” countered Commissioner David Fannon, as the commissioners explained that without a cut-off date, lots could simply be resubdivided indefinitely with no
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