Union County commissioners direct staff to propose changes to minor subdivision rules to curb farmland loss After a lengthy discussion about farmland loss and a longstanding eight-lot threshold, the Union County Board of Commissioners voted to direct staff to return with strategies that could lower the minor-subdivision lot limit and close loopholes such as road-splitting that can create effectively larger subdivisions.

Union County commissioners are taking action to revise minor subdivision rules in a bid to protect valuable farmland and curb reckless residential lot splitting.

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