Commissioners approve two subdivisions and a family-cemetery special-use permit

The Scotland County Board of Commissioners approved two major subdivision applications and granted a special-use permit for a family cemetery during its April 6 meeting.

Zoning official Brooke McQueen presented the first major-subdivision request from Gabriel Galson to create 10 residential lots from about a 30-acre parcel at 28705 North Turnpike Road in Weygram. McQueen said the property is in residential-agriculture zoning, that adjacent property owners had been notified and did not appear at zoning to oppose, and that the planning and zoning board recommended approval. The board moved, seconded and voted in favor.

McQueen then presented a second major subdivision for Seth Creech to divide roughly 12 acres in front of 28145 Aberdeen Road in Marston into four residential lots; she confirmed manufactured homes may be placed on the newly created lots in residential-agriculture zoning. The board approved that request following the planning board’s recommendation.

In a quasi-judicial hearing, the board considered a special-use permit for Sonia Melancas to create a family cemetery — a surveyed 100-by-200 area — on a ~28-acre residential parcel on Stanley Bonner Road in Lar Hill. The planning board recommended approval; McQueen and staff said the applicant must provide a survey locating the 100-by-200 cemetery area and meet setback requirements. Commissioner Ed O’Neil moved to approve the permit with those conditions and the board voted to grant it.

All three items were presented as meeting the applicable zoning requirements and were approved after commissioners confirmed there were no opponents at the planning stage. The board directed staff to ensure the required survey is filed and to record the special-use permit with the county.

Votes and motions were taken by voice at the meeting; minutes will show formal tallies in the official record.