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Board tables request to modify 1995 subdivision limit so family can build ADA accessory dwelling
Summary
Applicants asked the board to modify a handwritten 'limited disturbance' area on a 1995 subdivision plan so an ADA-accessible accessory dwelling could be sited; engineers said a shifted red line could allow space for a separate septic, but supervisors said they need definitive well-flow tests, steep-slope and stormwater details before deciding and voted to table the request.
Attorney William Benner (speaker 5), representing landowners Jason and Sarah Flax, asked the board to modify the blue-line limited-disturbance area shown on a 1995 subdivision plan so a separately sited ADA-compliant accessory dwelling (for in-laws) could be constructed. Benner said his consultant’s plan preserves the same total disturbed acreage but shifts its location to provide room for a separate septic reserve and, if approved, would be accompanied by a formal declaration of covenants and restrictions enforceable by the township.
Board members raised multiple technical and precedent questions. Supervisors requested definitive well-flow and pump-test data to show that adding another dwelling would not harm neighbors’ wells; the record includes discussion that a Department of Health/community system threshold could be roughly 900 gallons per day for a large community system and that a two-person occupancy pump test would be appropriate to evaluate long-term sustainability. The board voted to table the modification request to allow the applicants to provide the requested engineering and hydrogeologic information; staff and counsel noted that any approval would still require additional permits and possibly zoning relief before construction could proceed.
