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Wildwood board approves retaining wall on Strecker Road with visible-height, color limits
Summary
After extensive debate about structural height and drainage, the Board of Adjustment approved a variance for a concrete-block retaining wall along Strecker Road with conditions limiting visible height to 6.5 feet above the lowest sidewalk grade and specifying a dark ‘taupe/black’ finish; vote 4–1.
The City of Wildwood Board of Adjustment voted 4–1 on June 19 to approve a variance allowing a new concrete-block retaining wall up to 8 feet in structural height along Strecker Road, with conditions that the visible portion above the sidewalk be no more than 6.5 feet and the wall finish match the neighborhood color palette (described by the petitioner as a taupe/black tone). The board also required the top of the wall be level across its length.
The petition—filed for 244 Timber Meadow Drive (Timber Ridge Estates, Ward 4) under BA10-25—requested a retaining wall 167 feet long with a maximum structural height of 8 feet and a black aluminum fence to be located nearly at the sidewalk, which would require zero-foot setbacks in place of the zoning-required 20-foot front setback and 8-foot side setback. The Department of Planning and the Department of Public Works reviewed…
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