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Staff: BZA variance and low impact justify subdivision of 1.4 acres from 198-acre farm
Summary
Planning staff told the committee the owner of tax map 77-A-132 had received a Board of Zoning Appeals variance for road frontage and that removing a 1.4-acre section from a 198-acre parcel would have low impact; staff recommended approval of the subdivision request.
Staff told the committee the owner of tax map 77-A-132, David Evans, sought to subdivide a 1.4-acre section from a 198-acre farm and that a prior Board of Zoning Appeals variance addressed the property's lack of road frontage. "Further, land may be divided or subdivided and sold for continued agricultural and forest use, so long as it continues to meet the requirements of this ordinance and the district," the staff member said while explaining the ordinance and citing state and county code provisions.
On that basis, staff recommended approval of the small subdivision because a substantial portion of the farm would remain in production and the variance resolved a key practical impediment to sale. The committee acted on that recommendation and voted to remove the 1.4-acre portion from the district; staff will carry out administrative steps to update records.
