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Planning commission grants access-variance for Volleydale Drive parcel to formalize family easement
Summary
The commission approved a variance allowing an approximately 0.9–1 acre portion of 350 Volleydale Drive to be deeded and to use an existing 50-foot easement to serve three family parcels; staff and the applicant said the split corrects a survey error and there is no immediate plan to subdivide further.
The Lexington County Planning Commission approved an access-variance request to allow a parcel split on Volleydale Drive that will use an existing 50-foot easement to provide legal access to a mobile-home parcel.
Staff described the request as a cleanup of a surveying error that attached 392 Volleydale Drive to the 350 address; the owner, Amanda McWaters, asked to deed roughly one acre to a family member while retaining the remaining acreage. Staff said the request required variances to multiple provisions of the access policy because the easement would serve several landlocked parcels and would create a four-tiered access configuration.
Applicant and ownership: Staff read an email from Amanda McWaters describing the family transfer and the mis-survey; Patricia Ann McWhorter was identified in the record as owner of a 13.75-acre parcel connected to the property. The applicant (Amanda) or her designated representative confirmed there is no intention to subdivide the larger tract at this time.
Commission discussion and vote: Commissioners asked about school-district impacts and whether a different lot configuration (for example, a flag lot) would avoid a variance. Staff and the applicant explained fronting and frontage constraints made a flag-lot solution infeasible and that the request is limited to the existing structures. After review, a commissioner moved that the request met variance standards; the motion was seconded and carried in a voice vote with commissioners in favor.
Next steps: The variance was approved and staff recorded the action. If the owner later seeks to subdivide the remaining acreage, commissioners noted that further review and additional approvals would be required.
