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Owner seeks two-lot subdivision to preserve oak stand; plan commission raises future planning concerns
Summary
Chris Shepherd asked the commission to approve a primary plat splitting a previously subdivided parcel into two lots. Shepherd said the lot lines preserve a stand of old-growth bur oaks; planning staff expressed concern about unusual lot lines creating complications for future owners.
Property owner Chris Shepherd told the Town of Saint John Plan Commission on June 4 that his two-lot subdivision proposal for 8877 Patterson Street is intended to keep an area of old-growth burr oak trees intact and to preserve the parcel for family stewardship.
The request is for a primary plat to divide an existing parcel into two lots; one lot contains a previously built house near the railroad and the other would be a new build…
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