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Board approves Parsons’ small deck variance after staff sign-offs
Summary
The Board of Appeals unanimously approved a variance letting James and Jean Parsons add a 146-square-foot deck within the 100-foot critical-area buffer at 43085 Island View in Hollywood, with a 3:1 mitigation requirement and a buffer-management plan required before permits.
The Saint Mary's County Board of Appeals on June 12 approved variance application VAAP 25-0306 to allow a 146-square-foot deck at 43085 Island View in Hollywood inside the 100-foot critical-area buffer.
Department staff reported the lot is mostly encompassed by the 100-foot buffer, that the site has highly erodible soils and slopes greater than 15 percent, and that the project is otherwise…
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