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Berkeley County planning commission approves lot-width waiver for Dry Run Residential development
Summary
The Berkeley County Planning Commission approved a waiver allowing reduced single-family lot widths for the Dry Run Residential Development, clearing the project to advance to the preliminary-plat stage after staff conditions are acknowledged.
The Berkeley County Planning Commission on an administrative motion granted a waiver for the Dry Run Residential Development (file 2502-043), allowing single-family detached lots to be reduced from 75 feet to 60 feet in width while retaining the 7,500-square-foot minimum lot size, and advanced the project to the preliminary-plat stage.
The project, proposed by Atar Enterprises LLC and represented at the hearing by Brooke Perry of Integrity Federal Services, is planned for 56.5 acres in the Hedgesville District (map 37, parcels 17 and 18) and proposes 175 single-family lots to be served by public water and sewer. Staff recommended approval of the lot-width waiver contingent on closed-section roadways and parking areas being provided through the development in accordance with Appendix A, Section 7(f) of the subdivision and land use ordinance.
The commission held a public hearing. John Kidwell of 565 Ridge Road South spoke during public comment urging the commission to “slow this thing down” and expressing concerns about infrastructure capacity, including hospital capacity and schools. Brooke Perry responded that the waiver is intended to help affordability by reducing infrastructure costs while retaining minimum lot-size requirements and that the development will be single-family detached homes (no townhouses).
Commission discussion confirmed that staff’s conditions — particularly closed-section roadways where required by the subdivision regulations for densities over three lots per acre — will apply with final design submittal. Perry said letters of availability for public water and sewer have been received and that detailed design will further address pressures and connections.
A motion to accept the staff recommendation to grant the waiver and move the concept forward to the preliminary-plat stage was made, seconded, and approved by the commission. No detailed roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript; the record states the motion passed.
