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Planning commission approves shared-driveway use for lot created under agricultural easement
Summary
Commissioners approved a shared-driveway plan for a new lot off Egypt Road on land subject to a Maryland agricultural land preservation easement, with the applicant to file a formal shared-maintenance agreement at subdivision.
Dorchester County Planning Commission members approved a shared-driveway plan tied to the creation of a lot on property under an agricultural land-preservation easement at 4609 Edicts Road.
Steve Whitten, agent for the applicant, told the commission the easement originally allowed a single lot for a sibling and that the applicant intends to use an existing easement and driveway alignment to serve the new lot. "When the easement was executed, the property owner allowed for one lot for a sibling," Whitten said.
Whitten said the property is currently in Maryland's agricultural land preservation easement program, the proposed new lot has passed a perc test, and the plan relies on an existing drive alignment to reach Egypt Road. He said the parties plan to record a formal shared-maintenance agreement as part of the subdivision review.
Commissioner Brown asked whether a formal shared-maintenance agreement would be recorded; Whitten confirmed it would be submitted after the commission's approval. The commission approved the shared-driveway request by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
Staff noted that final subdivision and maintenance-agreement documentation will follow this approval and that the approval is the first step in the subdivision process.
The commission moved on to the board of appeals agenda after the vote.
