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Planning Commission approves variance to allow Groseclose lot split
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously approved a variance to Subdivision Ordinance Section 5.3.1(8) so Stephen and Teresa Groseclose may subdivide roughly 30.593 acres from their 35.893-acre tract along Old School Road; the remaining 5.3 acres lacks the ordinance’s 100-foot road frontage requirement.
The Wythe County Planning Commission on July 6 unanimously approved a variance requested by Stephen and Teresa Groseclose to allow division of their 35.893-acre property on SR 643 (Old School Road).
County Planner Lisa Shelton told the Commission the applicants propose combining three parcels and subdividing approximately 30.593 acres to sell to adjoining owners, leaving about 5.3 acres that do not meet the ordinance’s 100-foot state road frontage requirement. Shelton said the applicants requested a variance to Subdivision Ordinance Section 5.3.1(8) to proceed.
Surveyor Bradley Tate of Hurt & Proffitt, representing the owners, said an existing 20-foot right-of-way on Wolf Den Lane serves the rear of the Groseclose parcels and that access to the properties would be through tax map 72-4A; Tate said two neighboring properties already use that right-of-way and he believes the applicants have the right to use it. "I am representing the owner, and I am the surveyor for this project," Tate said.
Following brief discussion that the remaining parcel historically has not had the required road frontage, Commissioner Christopher C. King moved to approve the variance; Rodney S. Dunford seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Chair David P. Midkiff presided over the vote.
The approval authorizes the applicants to proceed with the proposed lot split subject to any standard platting and subdivision requirements; the minutes did not record additional conditions attached to the variance.
