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Board defers decision on Kingsmill house after debate over footprint and mitigation
Summary
The Chesapeake Bay Board deferred action on a proposed single‑family dwelling at 108 Colonel Philip Johnson after members raised concerns that the building footprint exceeded minimums and lacked additional long‑term mitigation; the applicants requested a deferral to provide mitigation options.
The James City County Chesapeake Bay Board on March 12 deferred action on a Chesapeake Bay exception for a single‑family dwelling proposed at 108 Colonel Philip Johnson in the Kingsmill subdivision, citing board concerns about the size of the house footprint relative to neighborhood minimums and the absence of additional long‑term mitigation measures.
Amanda Frazier, watershed planner, summarized the revised submission: the lot is 0.55 acres, with roughly 95% inside the RPA; total RPA impacts were listed as 4,035 square feet (3,307 square feet administratively within the landward 50 feet and 728 square feet of legislative impacts in the seaward 50 feet). Staff calculated required…
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