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Parkside Developers Hope to Retain Existing Farm House

At last night’s meeting of the Walkersville Planning Commission, Mr. Tom Poss asked for permission to make a change to the proposed Parkside Development along Biggs Ford Road. The property which has been a small farm with cattle and crops will be transformed into a development of more than twenty single-family homes. The change sought, however, will retain the existing farm house and an existing shed if the house can be saved without too much trouble. The new homes on either side of the existing home will face Biggs Ford…

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Failed Septic or Development

Next week, Robert and Mary Shoemaker’s lot on Devilbiss Bridge Road will be before the Frederick County Planning Commission. The Frederick County Division of Community Development will be requesting, on behalf of the Shoemakers, a change in sewer service designation. The Frederick County Health Department “indicated that a connection to the public sewer system is warranted due to the existence of shallow depth to limestone bedrock, multiple rock outcroppings, and insufficient space for a replacement septic system on the property.” Currently designated as Planned Service, they request a change to S3 – Preliminary Design…

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