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Straddle lots debated
The council was told by Reynolds that the proposed solution to the problem of lots cut by the towncounty boundary “is not what the last action of either body thought it was going to be.”
Reynolds met with county attorney Peter Luke and county administrator John McCarthy, and the three decided that an ordinance amendment to allow property within and without the town boundaries to be combined to create a building lot would be unworkable.
Under the constraints favored by the Town Council, Reynolds said, the county would have to adopt the town’s zoning, subdivision and historic district ordinances for the affected lots. “We can do it, but not in a way satisfactory to both bodies . . . and we don’t advise it.”
Instead, Reynolds proposed that the affected lots apply to the Town Council for a boundary adjustment. That would require a survey of the lot, which would then allow the boundary to be redrawn to conform with the property line, and the lot would then either be wholy within or outside the town.
Reynolds said the plan allows affected landowners until next April 1 to file a request with the Town Council for a boundary adjustment. “It’s a one-shot deal. If they don’t do it now, they’re just out.”
After approval by the council, the proposed adjustments along with the resurveyed town boundary will be sent to circuit court for final approval by the judge.
The amended proposal will be presented to the Board of Supervisors by McCarthy and Luke at a special meeting, noon, Friday, Dec. 22 at the courthouse.
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