In 2002, the Applicant purchased a ten-acre parcel of land that was a portion of an 85± acre lot-of-record. While the future land use and zoning both called for minimum 20-acre lots, the Applicant pulled a permit in 2003 and built a home on the west half of the ten acre parcel. The western five-acre portion containing the home was sold in 2005 and that same year the Applicant became the sole owner of the remaining eastern five acres. The Applicant has since paid taxes on the five acres in question and states that she believed it to be a buildable lot.
In 2017, the Applicant approached Planning staff regarding permitting a home on the parcel and was told that the parcel was non-conforming with future land use and zoning and a building permit could not be issued. Staff reviewed with the Applicant the idea of seeking a future land use change along with a rezoning to make the parcel conforming. This option would prove difficult as either change would result in an isolated district and would be a considerable cost while providing no assurance of a positive outcome.
Faced with these options, the Applicant is requesting to be vested with development rights for the non-conforming five-acre parcel. |