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Harrisburg planning board continues review of 23‑lot Traymore proposal after pressing for stronger tree, buffer and utility protections
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board continued a conditional‑zoning request for a 23‑lot subdivision (proposed Traymore/Estates at Traymore), asking staff and the developer to return with revised plans that strengthen tree‑preservation protections, widen street‑tree planting areas, and prohibit utilities in the 50‑foot front buffer; the board voted unanimously to continue the item to next month.
Shelly, a town staff presenter, outlined a conditional rezoning application for a roughly 25‑acre parcel south of Rocky River Road that would be rezoned to allow 23 single‑family lots under the town’s RL (residential low) classification. The application includes a site plan and 13 conditions of approval; staff said the applicant proposes about 6.74 acres of open space where the ordinance requires at least 5.24 acres, and offered a payment‑in‑lieu for the required public open space (calculated in the staff report at roughly 0.657 acre).
The plan also proposes a two‑lane divided connector road (town cross section) with a 5‑foot sidewalk on one side and a 10‑foot multi‑use path on the other. Staff noted the connector road appears in the Harrisburg Transportation Plan and that developers are expected to build connectors as neighboring parcels develop. Staff also told the board that some on‑site streams and wetlands may require Army Corps of Engineers permitting if disturbed.
Board members and several…
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