Auerbach v. County of Hanover

This appeal arises from the trial court’s judgment reversing the denial by a county subdivision agent of a proposed subdivision plat for a tract of land owned by Hubert C. and Pamela M. Mentz (the Mentzes). The agent refused to approve the proposed subdivision by the Mentzes primarily on the ground that an easement of right-of-*412way across an adjoining servient estate did not serve the entire subdivision and was, therefore, inadequate to provide the access required under a local zoning ordinance. The appellants, owners of the servient estate and intervenors below, assert that the trial court…