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Square-mile Minimum For Lots

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: The Practice of New Urbanism
9 April 2003 - 11:00am

Carbon County, WY has adoped a square mile minimum zoning based on the county's comprehensive plan.

"For harried urban-dwellers who might dream about building a home, home on the range amid the serene wide valleys and snowcapped peaks of south-central Wyoming, the local authorities have some discouraging words: "Ride on, stranger."As more outsiders are drawn to the area, Carbon County has enacted a square-mile minimum for lots on land zoned as open range. The goal is to prevent sprawl and avoid unrealistic expectations among newcomers."

Full Story: Home on the range, Square-mile minimum for lots enacted
Source: Star Tribune, April 8, 2003
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