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Harrison County supervisors hear hours of testimony before split vote on 53‑lot subdivision
Summary
After hours of testimony for and against a proposed 77‑acre, 53‑lot subdivision north of the Pine Grove landfill, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors completed a contested set of motions; the transcript records a final 3‑2 vote count after motions to both deny and grant the developer's appeal.
HARRISON COUNTY — The Harrison County Board of Supervisors heard more than two hours of public testimony Tuesday over an appeal of a planning commission denial of a proposed 53‑lot, single‑family subdivision on about 77 acres north of the Pine Grove landfill.
The applicant, represented by Malcolm Jones, told the board the project — proposed as a type‑3 single‑family subdivision with 1‑acre lots, a minimum 2,000‑square‑foot home covenant, a 30‑foot vegetative buffer, 4.3 acres of recreational green space and 13.7 acres of open space — complies with the county comprehensive plan and responds to local housing demand. "We're proposing to build a 53‑lot subdivision with 1‑acre lots," Jones said, and he pointed to recent utility extensions along Fire Tower Road as enabling infrastructure.
Opponents, many of whom live immediately north of the site, urged the board to uphold the planning commission's decision and…
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