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Commission approves exception to allow in‑ground pool inside 100‑foot Chesapeake Bay buffer on split vote
Summary
By a 5‑2 vote the commission granted CEX2024003, allowing installation of a small in‑ground pool and decking within the 100‑foot Resource Protection Area (RPA) on a 0.6‑acre Lakeview Court lot after the applicant proffered mitigation plantings; staff had recommended denial.
The Suffolk City Planning Commission voted 5-2 to grant a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area exception (CEX2024003) to allow an in‑ground pool and associated concrete decking to encroach into the 100‑foot Resource Protection Area (RPA) on property at 100 Lakeview Court.
Staff planner Gonzalo Borges recommended denial, saying pools are accessory structures and "are not permitted in the RPA" and that the application appeared to be self‑imposed and not the minimum necessary to afford relief. Borges said the subject lot is roughly 0.6 acres and that the…
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