York County ordered the developers of The Fenton Mill subdivision to stop work Tuesday until they remediate construction issues that raised complaints from the neighboring Skimino Hills neighborhood, including backyard flooding during rainstorms.
But county supervisors said the issue is part of the broader tension that arises between established neighborhoods and developers of new homes, given much of York’s remaining land suited for development is next to existing neighborhoods.
“The issue won’t go away,” District 4 Supervisor G. Stephen Roane Jr. said at the county board of supervisors’ meeting Tuesday evening.
During the meeting the supervisor representing Skimino Hills, Vice Chair Douglas R. Holroyd, showed some of the pictures we reposted above illustrating problems at the construction site, which is behind Fire Station 5.
“The number of violations is excessive,” Holroyd said during his slide show.
One picture at Fenton Mill showed silt barriers meant to control soil erosion he said h…