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Jerrell Ridge plan advances to business meeting after public hearing; single access and utility questions left unresolved
Summary
Behram Holdings and Morris & Ritchie presented Jerrell Ridge, an 85-lot single-family subdivision on Fire Tower Road. The application drew discussion about a single DelDOT-approved access, Delmarva Power easement clearances, Tidewater water holding tank potential and requests to adjust lot lines for neighbor privacy.
Behram Holdings, represented by Morris & Ritchie Associates, presented the Jerrell Ridge preliminary plan for a 57.85-acre subdivision that would create 85 single-family lots off Fire Tower Road in the Levicourt (Fifth) Levy Court district.
Engineer Charlie Barnett said the plan yields about 1.47 dwelling units per acre and includes 1.2 acres of active open space plus more than 33 acres of passive open space; the applicant noted Hudson Branch, a blue-line stream, and about 3.86 acres of wetlands on the site. "85 single family detached lots are being proposed, gives a density of 1.47 dwelling units per acre," Barnett told the commission.
Key infrastructure questions: Barnett told commissioners the subdivision would use Kent County public sewer, extending gravity sewer from a nearby sanitary pump…
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