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After more than an hour of deliberation Tuesday morning, Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker approved an application for a Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map amendment that may lead to the development of 10 homesites on 108 acres on Crawfordsville Drive, southwest of Sweet Home.

The Public Hearing was a continuation of a hearing held on August 29, which was a remand of issues from the Land Use Board of Appeals.

At issue was how many homesites can be established on the property which includes a large wildlife habitat overlay and is non-resource land,...