Lancaster County BZA approves variance to allow subdivision of eight structures on Old Lynnwood Circle

The Lancaster County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance request for a parcel on Old Lynnwood Circle that would allow eight existing structures to be subdivided into individual lots.

Allison Harden, Lancaster County development services director, told the board the subject parcel totals about 2.13 acres and contains eight primary structures. Harden said the applicant is seeking relief from Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) section 2.4 (lot standards and setback requirements) so each structure can be assigned its own lot and sold separately.

Harden said county records show the tract was originally part of a larger 26.69-acre subdivision recorded in 1961, later combined under a single tax parcel with references to a 1993 plat. She told the board staff could not find definitive building or site-plan records from the period when the homes were constructed and that the county’s older paper records and early scanning gaps limit the historical record. Harden said the proposed plat realigns lot lines to reflect where houses and driveways actually sit but that several side setbacks and a lot-width standard would still require variances.

“For the record, staff has no opposition to this variance,” Harden said, adding…