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Planning commission reviews proposed subdivision ordinance changes for private roads and family lots
Summary
Staff presented draft amendments to Fluvanna County's subdivision ordinance to clarify private-road access, require 50-foot easements and 20-foot travel ways, and tighten family-subdivision access rules; commissioners asked for clearer language on 'where practicable,' grandfathering and exceptions.
Jason Fortune, the county subdivision agent, presented draft changes to the subdivision ordinance aimed at reducing unintended fragmentation of parcels where private roads and public roads intersect. Fortune told the Planning Commission the current code requires lots within subdivisions served by a private road to access a public road even when they front on it, and caps lots on private roads built below VDOT standards at five parcels with a 10-acre minimum. He said that private-road provisions currently supersede typical minimum lot-size rules, which has led developers to split projects into multiple subdivisions to comply.
The draft amendments would…
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