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Residents ask board to waive road‑naming requirement and pause development amid easement dispute
Summary
A South River District property owner urged supervisors to waive a road‑naming requirement and embargo further development on tax map 37‑56 until a separate easement is secured; a neighboring landowner said she had not been contacted and objected to increased easement or traffic.
During the public‑comment period, resident Andrew Heiman asked the board to waive the county's road‑naming requirement for a driveway that his purchase treats as a private driveway and to embargo further development on tax map 37‑56 until a separate easement is obtained. He described erosion problems on neighboring cleared land and provided aerial and topo maps to illustrate runoff and the location of the driveway in question.
Heiman said prior owners had indicated they would secure a separate easement and that he purchased the property based on that understanding. He asked the board to allow occupancy permits to proceed pending resolution. Jeanette Winget, whose property at 2219 Buck Mountain Road provides access to the driveway, said she had not been contacted about changes and opposed widening or increased traffic; she said the existing easement is 12 feet and she does not want it expanded.
County staff referenced the ordinance governing road names and said naming does not change property or development rights — it is intended to allow dispatch and postal services to locate residences. The board offered to have staff meet with the property owners and the county planner (Mr. Windling) to clarify easement and naming questions before the item proceeds further.
