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Commission approves preliminary subdivision plan for Lamson property after lengthy debate on tree conservation and utilities
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 4–2 to approve a 39-lot preliminary subdivision plan for the Lamson property, while public commenters and some commissioners raised unresolved issues about forest conservation, specimen trees, water-system upgrades and alternative access routes.
The Havre de Grace Planning Commission voted 4–2 May 15 to approve a preliminary subdivision plan for the 22.6-acre Lamson property (building permit 2024-0333), allowing a 39-lot single-family detached subdivision under lot specification D.
Director of Planning Jeffrey Goins presented staff’s review, which found the application complies with applicable zoning and subdivision regulations on lot dimensions, setbacks, parking and sidewalks and determined the project could meet adequate public facilities if the applicant provided a funding mechanism for needed water-system upgrades. The staff memo noted the elementary school serving the site, Havre de Grace Elementary, is at 111 percent capacity but adjacent schools had room.
The plan drew extended questioning and public comment focused on environmental impacts and process. Commissioners, city staff and applicant representatives debated whether the proposed private connector road (referred to in the plan as Road A) should be routed through forest-retention land inside the Bully Rock development or…
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