ApprovedVariance
Gabriel Road Easement (LDWA-2025-51)
Description
Eight lakefront single-family lots on 43 acres accessed by one private easement longer than a quarter mile, keeping the road frontage as ag open space.
Impact summary
No county costs — private road and well/septic — but neighbors say it chips away at the rural area they moved to.
Applicant
- Name
- Tom Wodrich, TDW Land Planning (owner: 734 LMC Groves LLC)
- Address
- South of Lake Buffum off Gabriel Road, east of Fort Meade (Section 13, Township 31, Range 26)
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 3
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · Planning Commission
Approved7–0, unanimous
Last discussed Feb 4, 2026.
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