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Commissioners review and approve several subdivision plats amid drainage, access questions
Summary
The board considered a preliminary plat (Mills Tract Ridge) and three final plats (Bartlett Farm, Myra Branch Section 4, Berkeley Place Section 1). Planning staff recommended approval for each; commissioners and staff discussed lot sizes, riparian buffers, septic/drainage easements and a missing turnaround stub affecting emergency access.
Wayne County planning staff presented one preliminary plat and three final plats to the Board of Commissioners on April 1; planning board recommendations supported approval for each application, but commissioners probed site-specific drainage and access details before the items moved forward.
Aaron Gray (planning staff) described Mills Tract Ridge as a preliminary plat on Old Smithfield Road with 18 proposed lots averaging roughly 29,000–30,000 square feet (about 0.7 acres). He said no construction had yet begun and that the planning board recommended approval. Commissioners expressed a concern that smaller lots could create drainage problems but the planner said the lots should “move right off.”
The board then reviewed the Bartlett Farm final plat, described as 10 lots…
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