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Poquoson council postpones vote on Rochambeau driveway pickleball court after heated neighborhood debate
Summary
Council members voted 7–0 to postpone action and schedule a public work session after neighbors and the planning commission raised noise, zoning and property-value concerns over a proposed front-yard, regulation-size pickleball court at 8 Rochambeau Drive.
Poquoson City Council postponed a decision on a conditional use permit for a private pickleball court after neighbors, the planning commission and the applicant presented sharply different views about noise, zoning and property impacts.
“Allow us to pour a slab of concrete in an obscure spot to the side of our driveway to play pickleball with family and friends,” said Greg Shaw, the applicant, identifying the request in the simplest terms. Shaw told the council he believed his property’s layout — obscured from the public street and neighboring lots — merited treatment like a private backyard rather than a front-yard use.
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