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Under Mr. Willis’s plan, the property inside and outside the town boundary would be combined to produce a lot for purposes of subdivision or building.
Under the Willis proposal, if the piece inside the town is zoned village residential, and there is between one-half and five acres total area counting both inside and outside the boundary, one building lot may be created. If the piece within the town is zoned rural residential, the same standard applies except the minimum total lot size is increased to 1.8 acres.
In both cases, if the total lot area does not meet the minimum lot size for that zoning category, no lot may be created. And, Mr. Willis suggested, if the total acreage involved, counting both the town and county area, exceeds five acres, an additional lot could be created for each additional five acres.
He also noted that the minimum lot size for parcels zoned rural residential could be reduced to 1.5 acres if the town agrees to provide water, although there is no requirement or obligation for the town to do so, except for several pre-existing agreements. “This says that if a future agreement is made we could reduce the required lot size by 3/10 acres, but it does not obligate the town to do so.”
The plan met with unanimous approval of the group at the informal meeting. "It's fair, and that has been the problem.” said town planner Mitzie Young.
"Yes,” Mr. Massie agreed, “and we’re not changing anybody’s zoning.”
Mr. McCarthy suggested that
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