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Prince George Planning Commission approves waiver to divide 104-acre parcel into 6- and 98-acre lots without public utilities
Summary
The Prince George Planning Commission on April 24 approved subdivision waiver SW-2501 to allow a 104-acre parcel at 9512 East Quaker Road to be split into a 6-acre lot and a roughly 98-acre remainder without connecting the new lot to public water and sewer.
The Prince George Planning Commission on April 24 approved subdivision waiver SW-2501 to allow a 104-acre parcel at 9512 East Quaker Road to be divided into a 6-acre lot and a roughly 98-acre remainder without connecting the new lot to public water and sewer.
Staff said the parcel is zoned RA (residential agricultural) and lies in the Prince George planning area, where the county’s comprehensive plan generally requires new subdivisions to connect to public water and wastewater. Planning staff told commissioners a developer or subdivider is normally responsible for extending infrastructure; extending public water to this parcel would require about 9,300 linear feet of pipe along Prince George Drive and East Quaker Road, and gravity sewer could not be routed to the parcel from the nearest termination point because of topography.
Commission staff said the county code includes an exception process for one additional lot within the planning area when the remainder is at least five acres and the parcel is zoned RA or A1. Staff recommended approval with two conditions: the new parcel may use private water and septic only with Virginia Department of Health approval for permitted uses, and if public utilities are extended in front of the parcel in the future the newly divided parcel must connect and pay all required connection fees.
Applicant Peyton Glazier addressed the commission, saying, “I’ve grown up in Prince George my whole life and I’m getting married now. So, my future husband and I would just like to build on our land that I’ve lived on for forever.” She said the subdivision is intended to keep land in the family.
During the discussion, staff reiterated that the application (plat filed as P24-PD-24-40) appears to meet the county’s unusual-hardship criteria because the distance and cost to extend water and the infeasibility of extending gravity sewer present substantial burdens. Commissioners were asked to identify what hardship or injustice would be avoided by granting the waiver; the motion listed the water extension distance and the sewer constraint as the financial and practical hardships.
A motion to approve SW-25-01, subject to the staff conditions, passed on a roll-call vote. The commission’s action grants the requested minor subdivision exception but requires the plat to include a notation referencing the waiver and to meet all other applicable plat requirements.
The commission’s approval is advisory for adherence to county platting and health regulations; any permit or on-site septic/well installation will still require subsequent VDH and county approvals.
