Commissioners approve amendment to Boone County subdivision control ordinance

Boone County commissioners on May 18 approved Ordinance 2026-05, amending the county subdivision control ordinance to expand when minor residential subdivisions are allowed and to codify the county's definition of a "parent tract." A presenter reported the county's Area Planning Commission recommended the change.

The ordinance will allow minor residential subdivisions "in a variety of applications instead of just one time only," the presenter said during discussion, and the text cleanup is intended to align the written code with longstanding administrative practice. Commissioners voted by voice to approve the ordinance.

The change clarifies how the county defines the parent tract for subdivision review and is described by staff as a codification of prior practice rather than a new policy. No recorded roll-call vote or individual commissioner tallies were provided in the transcript; the measure passed on a general voice vote.

The ordinance was introduced during the new-business section of the meeting and follows work by the APC to review the code language. The commission did not attach additional conditions to the amendment at the meeting.