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Planning commission denies variance for Mickley Road parcel that would create fourth tier flag lot

3577078 · May 15, 2025
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Summary

A request to subdivide a 2.7‑acre parcel on Mickley Road into a new 0.8‑acre lot using an existing flag‑lot easement was denied after commissioners concluded the application did not demonstrate extraordinary exceptional conditions and alternatives (private road) were available.

Lexington County planning commissioners denied a request for multiple access‑policy variances that would have allowed an additional parcel to be served by an existing flag‑lot easement on Mickley Road.

The applicant, represented by Matt McCauley of Permit Expeditors of South Carolina LLC, sought variances to allow an access easement to serve more than one landlocked parcel (items 2 and 3 of the county’s access policy) and to permit more than two or three tiered groups of parcels to be served by flag‑lot driveways (item 14). The commission voted to deny the variances, finding the applicant failed to meet the…

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