County hearing set for 4 cluster re-zones

Hearings are set for March 21 at 10 a.m. in the county commissioners chambers for four proposed cluster residential re-zones near Pullman.

The potential change comes as a result of the county's tax sharing agreement with Pullman, which set a deadline of Dec. 31 of last year for cluster re-zoning – which allows landowners to develop land for houses.

The new tax sharing plan permits no further clustering.

The areas in question are all in an agriculture district around Pullman within a half-mile of city limits.

A cluster zone would allow for development, with a required minimum of 20 acres consis...