Planning Commission Approves Family Transfer Subdivision at 1072 Cypress Chapel Road

At its January meeting, the Suffolk City Planning Commission voted 7-0 to approve family transfer subdivision FTR 2023-009, allowing the owner of property at 1072 Cypress Chapel Road to create two new parcels.

The vote implements a family-transfer plat submitted by Monica Wilmer (applicant and property owner) under section 3-1514 of the Unified Development Ordinance and includes a deed of gift and a sworn affidavit stating the transfers are intended to provide separate residences for immediate-family grantees and to keep the estate within the family.

Staff planner Shannon Wolf told the commission the parent parcel is about 11.12595 acres and that the proposed subdivision would create a 3.396-acre parcel for the owner’s daughter (named in the packet as Bridal Grace Vollmer) and a 2.994-acre parcel for her husband (named in the packet as Mickey S. Vollmer). Wolf said the new lots meet the underlying agricultural zoning district’s lot-size and setback requirements and have adequate area for separate dwellings and drain fields. The plat also establishes a 50-foot ingress/egress easement to Cypress Chapel Road.

No members of the public spoke on the application during the public comment period. A commissioner moved to approve the request with conditions recommended in staff’s report; the motion carried 7-0. The commission recorded the motion as approved by a vote of seven to zero.

The approval by the Planning Commission is a recommendation; no further action was required by the commission itself. The staff report and the approved plat remain part of the public record.