Proposed new development reduced to 19 units for first phase due to lack of water
Developers and designers for the proposed 4 Seasons Townhome community split their building plan into two phases because there isn’t yet enough water service assigned to the West Ocean City plots to serve the project’s dwelling capacity.
At their Nov. 2 meeting, members of the Worcester County Planning Commission unanimously approved the concept plans for the townhomes, which were compiled by Vista Design Inc., an engineering consultant company from Showell. Tauhid Islam is owner of the applicant company, Oceans 8, LLC.
The review was the second step of concept plan review for Islam’s proposed townhome community and follows an Oct. 11 review by the Worcester County Technical Review Committee.
Islam plans to build 44 townhome units across lot 1B and lot 2A of parcel 445 and lot E1 of parcel 443 of the Worcester County tax maps, which are just south of the Green Turtle restaurant on Route 611. The combined lots make up about 6.42 acres.
In June, the county rezoned the lots from R-1 Rural Residential to R-4 General Residential.
Because there are only 20 equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) of water and wastewater service attached to the property, Islam and designers from Vista are now proposing to construct just 19 of the units as the first project phase.
EDUs are a water and wastewater capacity measurement that is required for any development that intends to use or discharge water.
“Any single-family residence, not being used for any other purpose, shall be classified as one ‘equivalent dwelling unit’ rating,” according to the Worcester County Zoning and Subdivision Control Article.