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Board of Appeals approves variance allowing dumpster pad inside front-yard setback at Hollywood restaurant
Summary
The Saint Mary's County Board of Appeals voted unanimously May 22 to approve a variance permitting a 10-by-10 concrete dumpster pad inside the front-yard setback for a restaurant at 23905 Merle Dean Road in Hollywood, finding county zoning standards for a variance were met.
The Saint Mary's County Board of Appeals unanimously approved a variance May 22 allowing a refuse storage area to be located inside the front-yard setback at 23905 Merle Dean Road in Hollywood, the site of a restaurant owned by Green Building LLC.
The board found that the standards for granting a variance and the objectives of section 24.3 of the St. Mary's County Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance had been met, and approved a request to waive section 61.50.1 so a roughly 10-by-10-foot concrete pad enclosed by fencing could sit within the 50-foot setback along Maryland Route 235.
The restaurant's agent,…
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