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Owner of corner lot in Richmond is forbidden to split it in two By
Jennifer Pinnock
Two landowners met with the Richmond City Planning and Zoning Commission to discuss property divisions Tuesday night. Although the outcome for one landowner was positive, the other landowner's property does not meet the criteria for land division. Kerrie Kirkendall owns a three-quarter-acre parcel on the corner of 100 West and Main Street in Richmond. Her home is built on the back part of the lot, and Kirkendall said she wants to divide the land and create a front lot for mortgage purposes. Rod Anderson, Planning and Zoning Commission chairman, said this is often done so a person can use the empty lot as equity to borrow money against. However, Kirkendall cannot do this because a city ordinance states that if a parcel of land is on a corner it must be large enough that if a home is built on it there would be 30-foot clearance between the house and the road. Kirkendall's property is big enough to be divided into two lots, but because of where her home is positioned on the property the second lot would not provide the adequate distance for the 30-foot clearance and therefore the commission said her lot cannot be divided. "I don't intend to sell the lot because I don't want anyone living that close to me," said Kirkendall. The commission said that even if the lot will not be sold it has to meet the criteria for a corner building lot in order to be divided. Kirkendall said she understands the problem with her lot and why it does not meet the criteria. "It's too bad, and I guess there is nothing I can do about it," said Kirkendall. The second landowner, Virginia Scott, owns 2.5 acres at 207 S. State St. that is divided into two lots. She said she is thinking of adding a third lot to sell for building purposes. If Scott decides to divide the land a third time the commission does not have to approve it because Scott owns enough property to have three lots. If Scott adds another lot she will have to abide by subdivision laws which means that when the lot is sold, Scott would be responsible for making sure a sidewalk and gutter are put in on the property, according to the commission. Scott said she will have a surveyor come to survey the land and talk with her loan officer before she makes a final decision about the third division.
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