Date: Fri 10-May-1996

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

Quick Words:

subdivisions-growth

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GROWING PAINS

Large Subdivisions

Since 1990

Although most residential subdivisions involve the creation of only two, three

or four building lots, in recent years some developers have requested

approvals for 10 building lots or more.

A developer has five years to do the construction work required for a

subdivision, such as land clearing, road building, and storm drainage and

public utility line installation.

Some property owners buy more than one lot in a subdivision for potential

future home building or to provide privacy buffers between themselves and

their neighbors, so the number of approved lots doesn't necessarily equate

with the number of homes that are eventually built.

Also, the statistics provided here reflect the number of lot "approvals" made

by Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members including lot "reapprovals."

In such cases, a developer may receive an "approval" for a 25-lot subdivision

but then go out of business. The lot is then taken over by the Federal Deposit

Insuarance Corporation after which the government sells the land it another

developer. That developer must then obtain a "reapproval" to develop the

property. The 25 lots approved for the land would then be counted twice by the

P&Z, covering the initial "approval" and the subsequent "reapproval," thus

reflecting 50 lots in the P&Z's statistics of actions it has taken.

Here's a list of subdivisions and re-subdivisions endorsed by the P&Z since

the beginning of 1990 which contain 10 lots or more. The list also includes

multifamily housing for the elderly in EH-10 zones.

Cobblers Ridge, Section 3; Cobblers Mill Road; High Meadow Farms Associates;

14 lots on 77 acres; approved on April 18, 1996.

Rollingwood; New Lebbon Road; James V. Massey, III; 17 lots on 273 acres;

approved on December 7, 1995.

Sleepy Hollow Estates, Valley Field Road, M&E Land Group; 15 lots on 40 acres;

approved on October 5, 1995.

Stonegate, Jeremiah Road; Jeremiah Development Company, Inc.; 13 lots on 41

acres; approved on June 1, 1995.

Bennetts Farm, Section 3; Silo Road; Bennetts Farm Associates; 17 lots on 140

acres; approved on April 20, 1995.

Stonehedge; Currituck Road, M&E Land Group; 10 lots on 31 acres; approved on

May 4, 1995.

Arrowhead Hills; Kenan Road; Arrowhead Hills Limited Partnership; 19 lots on

74 acres; approved on January 19, 1995.

Walnut Tree Village condominium complex, Walnut Tree Hill Road; Walnut Tree

Developers; 80 units; approved on February 2, 1995.

Lone Oak Meadows; Lone Oak Meadows Road; Lone Oak Developers; 21 lots on 50

acres; approved on December 1, 1994

Hickory Ridge; New Lebbon Road; Michael Burton Builders; 16 lots on 70 acres;

approved on May 19, 1994.

Middleton Heights, (later known as Newtown Chase); Blackman Road; MSB Real

Estate; 34 lots on 132 acres; approved on March 17, 1994.

Nunnawauk Meadows expansion project, Nunnawauk Road; Newtown Housing for the

Elderly; 24 apartments; approved on November 18, 1993.

Lone Oak Meadows; Lone Oak Meadows Road, Lone Oak Development; 16 lots on 65

acres; approved on November 18, 1993.

Washbrook Meadows; Washbrook Road; 14 lots on 39 acres; approved on October 7,

1993.

Eagles Landing; Alberts Hill Road; Charles Tilson; 10 lots on 30 acres;

approved on August 19, 1993.

Gould Realty subdivision; Orchard Hill Road; 21 lots on 123 acres; approved on

August 19, 1993.

Settlers Crossing; Dug Hill Road; Peter Gaboriault; 16 lots on 67 acres;

approved on July 15, 1993.

Bennetts Farm, Section 2; Yogananda Street; Bennetts Farm Associates; 19 lots

on 179 acres.

Lone Oak Meadows, Section 2; Lone Oak Meadow Road; Woodlands Associates; 18

lots on 127 acres; approved on June 3, 1993.

Bennetts Farm, Bennetts Bridge Road, Bernard Green, trustee; 14 lots on 199

acres; approved on June 18, 1992.

Spring Meadow; Head O' Meadow Road; Gary Johnson; 10 lots on 15 acres;

approved on May 21, 1992.

Valley View; Castle Hill Road; Castle Hill Developers; 15 lots on 18 acres;

approved on September 19, 1991.

Stonegate; Jeremiah Road; Jeremiah Development Company, Inc.; 13 lots on 41

acres; approved on August 15, 1991.

Newtown Estates; Gelding Hill Road; Newtown Estates Limited Partnership; 46

lots on 131 acres; approved on May 2, 1991.

Windwood Ridge; Susan Lane; William Denlinger; 10 lots on 26 acres; approved

on March 7, 1991.

Half Farm Estates; Great Ring Road, Craig Berger; 26 lots on 26 acres;

approved on September 6, 1990.

Old Farm Hill; Old Farm Hill Road; CIP II Limited Partnership; 25 lots on 36

acres; approved on September 6, 1990.

Oak Ridge; Eden Hill Road; Nick Vona; 16 lots on 106 acres; approved on July

7, 1990.

Buckeye Estates; Hattertown Road; David Griffin; 17 lots on 76 acres; approved

on March 1, 1990.

Botsford Knolls, Section 2; Botsford Hill Road; 13 lots on 19 acres; approved

on February 15, 1990.