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The Sweet Home Planning Commission voted unanimously at its May 19 meeting to continue the public hearing to June 16 for Cordle Construction's application to subdivide a 193,625-square-foot property to the west of 45th Avenue into 18 lots after commissioners and residents asked the firm to address a few issues.

Those concerns included the narrowness of a proposed street, on-street parking and the proposal's flag-lot configuration - land parcels at the ends of long driveways - which, according to the city's municipal code, should be avoided "if local street connection can reasonably be incl...