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Neighbors urge Lancaster County enforcement after trees cleared at Barbourville Road site
Summary
Residents from Oliver Terrace in Indian Land told county council they believe a commercial project at 9901 Barbourville Road is being advanced through a minor-subdivision pathway contrary to the UDO and that large trees were removed with inadequate buffering.
Several residents of Oliver Terrace in Indian Land urged Lancaster County Council on Tuesday to investigate a development at 9901 Barbourville Road, alleging land-use violations, removal of large canopy trees and poor communication from county planning staff.
The comments came during the meeting’s public-comment period and were not a formal council agenda item; residents asked council to instruct staff to investigate and, if appropriate, issue enforcement actions including a stop-work order.
Jeff Larson, who said he lives at 2010 Oliver Terrace, told council the site near Highway 160 was re-subdivided in 2024 and again more recently and that the developer is using a minor subdivision pathway although the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) chapter 9, he said, requires use of the major-subdivision process when a prior subdivision’s…
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