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Commission approves Ser subdivision; staff to clarify family-transfer covenant language
Summary
The commission granted preliminary approval for the Ser subdivision (five lots off Deep Creek Road) subject to 18 conditions and agreed to clarify condition language after the project's surveyor raised concerns that a family-transfer restriction could block boundary line adjustments or aggregations.
Planning staff recommended preliminary approval of the Ser subdivision, a five-lot subdivision off Deep Creek Road, subject to 18 standard conditions. Staff said utilities and road access meet county standards and that individual wells and septic systems will require DNRC and sanitation approvals. Commissioners voted to grant preliminary plat approval.
During public comment the surveyor Thomas Simpson asked the commission to clarify condition 10, which the surveyor said might prohibit boundary line adjustments and aggregation. Planning staff responded that the intent was not to prohibit standard boundary line adjustments or exemptions and offered to amend the condition language after the decision to exclude statutory exemptions (e.g., certain boundary adjustments), ensuring the condition will not unintentionally preclude reasonable future actions by lot owners. Simpson said: "I think restricting that from a future property owner is something that shouldn't be done." The commission asked staff to make the clarifying language part of the final conditions.
