Douglas County Commission signals support for rural landowners’ request to divide property into residential lots

photo by: Chris Conde/Journal-World File Photo

The Douglas County Courthouse is pictured in September 2018.

The Douglas County Commission is poised to allow two rural landowners to convert their 25 acres into residential lots.

During their meeting on Wednesday, the commissioners directed county staff to prepare a resolution that would allow property owners Patrick Halpin and Erin Callahan-Halpin permission to divide the land into up to five residential lots. The land is located at 981 East 1549 Road, roughly 3 miles south of Lawrence, and currently consists of one residence on the property.

To allow for the subdivision, the commissioners would need to rezone the land to “cluster preservation,” a zoning designation that allows nonagricultural residential development. Currently the land consists of two parcels; one is zoned as agricultural, or AG-1, and the other is zoned as transitional agricultural, or AG-2.

The commissioners are expected to consider giving final approval to the request during a future meeting.

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