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Board approves variance and subdivision plans for Highway 16A property after neighbor concerns
Summary
The Board of Adjustment approved a variance to waive road-construction standards within a private access easement and approved a preliminary subdivision to split a 12.57-acre parcel near Highway 16A. Staff had recommended denial of the variance, but the board approved it after discussion of access and drainage concerns.
Pennington County’s Board of Adjustment granted a subdivision-regulation variance and the Board of Commissioners approved a preliminary plan to subdivide a 12.57-acre parcel on Highway 16A after testimony and discussion at the June 3 hearing.
Senior planner Cody Sachs summarized the proposal: the landowner (Gary Mitchell) and agent (Andrew Bussey) sought to split a 12.57-acre parcel and to waive the requirement to construct a road to Ordinance 14 standards within an existing 66-foot private access easement. "When we look at variances, we take a two-pronged…
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