Commission reviews Deer Ridge LLC private street waiver for five‑lot subdivision off Courtney's Corner Road

Planning staff presented a category 29 special exception request from Deer Ridge LLC to permit a private street for a five‑lot subdivision off Courtney’s Corner Road in Summerduck.

Staff said the site is just over 53 acres in the RA zoning district and that the private street would be approximately 800 feet long with an 18‑foot travelway, one‑foot shoulders and a cul‑de‑sac turnaround. The plan includes three new residential lots and a residue lot for remaining acreage; the private street would serve a maximum of five residential lots plus a stormwater management lot. Conditions presented to the commission are consistent with previous private‑street approvals: construction to meet VDOT standards, a private street maintenance agreement to be recorded, demonstration of adequate ingress/egress for emergency vehicles, and submission of a construction plan and final plat.

Staff noted an outstanding issue: VDOT expressed concerns at the pre‑application meeting that the proposed private street might not meet VDOT’s low‑volume commercial entrance standards, and the applicant did not demonstrate the ability to meet those standards in the special‑exception materials. Staff told the commission the matter could be demonstrated either before or at construction plan approval and asked whether the commission wanted that demonstrated prior to a recommendation.

Ending: Commissioners indicated consistency with past practice in placing the VDOT compliance requirement in conditions; the transcript does not record a final recommendation or vote in the provided excerpt.