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Commission approves waiver for South Mitchell subdivision after agreements to preserve woods
Summary
Commission approved a subdivision not requiring a plat with waivers on South Mitchell Road after applicants and neighborhood representatives described plans to preserve roughly 10 acres of woods and potential conservation easement arrangements.
Staff presented a subdivision not requiring a plat that included two waiver requests to split an ~11.58‑acre parcel on South Mitchell Road into three parcels; because the proposed estate lots exceeded the code's depth‑to‑width ratio the commission's approval was required. Applicant Shane Huntley described the plan to preserve the rear wooded parcel and to provide two estate lots in the front.
Adam Scaff, speaking for ProgressPoint, said the developer shifted plans after resident concerns and "came up with an alternate plan by working with Stone Ridge partners, to preserve approximately 10 wooded acres, that would not be touched." Commissioners discussed whether to require a conservation easement as a motion condition but ultimately voted to approve the waivers and proceed as presented, with the record indicating the property owner is amenable to protections and that the wooded back parcel is landlocked and would require future approvals to develop.
