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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
Proposed Amendment to the Subdivision Regulations:
Staff recommended changes to Section 6.02.5 (a)(1) Type1- Common Driveway
Development as follows:
From: “…and the driveway itself shall consist of compacted gravel 4” deep of
rolled “pug mix” gravel, at least (10) feet in width, upon a prepared subgrade
with a crown”:
To: “…and the driveway itself shall consist of crusher run gravel a
minimum of 2” deep or greater (staff shall determine if a greater depth of
stone will be necessary to insure proper compaction of finished surface). The
stone surface shall be at least (10) feet in width, upon a prepared sub-grade
with a crown”:
Staff noted deficiencies in the field with regard to 4” pug- mix on moderate to steep
slopes when a lesser amount of gravel road surface would suffice. While 4” inches of
rolled pug mix is adequate for a road base that may be topped with asphalt; a pug
mix surface that is not maintained on a slope tends to wash and pot hole making the
driving surface less than desirable and increasingly hard to maintain.
Planning and Road Department staff suggested that the 2” of crusher run is a more
modest approach to allowing for the continued development of common driveways.
All other aspects in regard to common driveway construction and maintenance are
to remain the same in the subdivision regulations.
Commissioner Kirby made a motion to set the Public Hearing for June 28, 2012, to
modify the Subdivision Regulations for Section 6.02.5 (a)(1) Type 1 – Common
Driveway Development, seconded by Commissioner Wright. Motion received
unanimous approval.
Subdivision of the Fred L. Jones Property off of Calderwood Highway -
Variance Request to add a 5 th lot to the common driveway easement:
The Fred Jones Property is an 8 acre parcel served off a 50’ private easement that
currently serves four tracts. The parcel in question has two existing structures on the
property. The other tracts are all greater than five acres and there is no recorded plat
of the divisions, all were exempt (over 5 acre parcels off an existing easement).
Mr. Jones requested a variance to the subdivision regulations Section 6.02.5a (1) for
Common Driveway Development. The request is to allow an additional lot be divided
off of the common driveway in excess of the four lots maximum. Mr. Jones would
like to re-divide his tract into two lots in order to separate the two existing homes
onto separate lots.
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