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Eight five-acre lots approved on 40 acres near Mountain Home

Justin Latchu sought to split a 40-acre farm-zoned parcel into eight five-acre residential lots, each with a private well and septic system. The Elmore County Planning and Zoning Commission approved it Apr. 24 with conditions, including state access approval and a private road built to highway district standards…

ApprovedCUP-2025-07Elmore County
The filing's parcel isn't on the county's parcel map yet; the pin is the middle of its survey section, about a square mile.

From the filing

The application's description as it appears in Elmore County's record. See the official record

Justin Latchu has requested a conditional use permit to split a roughly 40-acre parcel on State Highway 51, south of downtown Mountain Home, into eight lots of about five acres each. Staff recommended approval with conditions, and the site is within Mountain Home's area of impact.

Conditional Use Permit to subdivide a 40-acre parcel into an 8-lot Subdivision within the City of Mountain Home Area of Impact

Project name on file: Latchu Subdivision

Timeline

  1. April 24, 2025

    Approved

    Elmore County Planning and Zoning Commission: Approved. Findings of fact posted September 19, 2025.

  2. April 24, 2025

    Public hearing: Elmore County Planning and Zoning Commission

Documents

Staff reports

  • County staff report for the April 24, 2025 hearing on a conditional use permit to subdivide a 40-acre agricultural parcel into eight five-acre lots.

    April 20, 2025 · 65 pages · 4.4 MB · Staff Report

    Download Staff report to the Planning and Zoning Commission

Decisions

  • Planning and Zoning Commission decision approving Conditional Use Permit 2025-07 for an 8-lot subdivision in an Agriculture zone, with conditions, after an April 24, 2025 hearing.

    Sept. 18, 2025 · 11 pages · 277 KB · Decision

    Download Findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order
  • Commission decision approving, with conditions, an eight-lot subdivision of a 40-acre agriculture-zoned parcel following the April 24, 2025 public hearing.

    Aug. 25, 2025 · 11 pages · 276 KB · Decision

    Download Findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order for CUP 2025-07

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