Resident urges approval to divide 2209 College Road lot, cites septic and household needs

During the public comment period at the Sept. 16 meeting, a resident who identified himself only by address asked the committee to consider a lot division at 2209 College Road. He said his parcel measures about 300 by 150 feet and that he would like to divide it into two lots; the transcript records the resident saying he would make “2 lots of 1 of the 500 square feet each” (verbatim from the public comment). He said the property is on septic and that several homes within 300 feet of his property were on septic with lot sizes smaller than his.

The resident described personal circumstances: his wife has been in a memory-care assisted-living unit for three years and selling part of the yard would provide financial relief and reduce upkeep burdens. He said he was not proposing anything unusual and framed the request as pragmatic: “If I can sell the side yard, it would be certainly a benefit financially and ease some of the pressure that I went under.”

The comment concluded after roughly three minutes and the meeting moved on to consent items. The transcript does not record a staff response or a formal agenda item decision tied immediately to the public comment; the chair noted the public comment was limited to three minutes and that the commenter had signed up apparently for item 7f.

Because the comment occurred during public comment and not a specific agenda vote in the transcript, no formal action or motion is recorded as a direct result of this statement in the meeting minutes.