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Board approves variance for detached deck in critical-area buffer at Leonardtown property
Summary
The St. Mary's County Board of Appeals unanimously approved a variance allowing a detached 20-foot-diameter deck within the 100-foot critical-area buffer at 40026 Ben Morgan Road, with planting and a critical-area planting agreement required before building permits are issued.
The St. Mary's County Board of Appeals on Feb. 13 approved a variance allowing the construction of a detached, 20-foot-diameter deck within the 100-foot critical-area buffer at 40026 Ben Morgan Road in Leonardtown.
The approval came after a staff presentation and testimony from the applicants, Elizabeth and Jason Soller, who said the house — an approximately 100-year-old former oyster-shucking house on Combs Creek — is largely within the critical area and that available area outside the buffer is limited by a 2016 septic field. The board voted unanimously to grant relief from Saint Mary's County Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance section 71.8.3 to permit disturbance of the…
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