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Board approves variance for 38-foot deck in expanded buffer; staff to record planting agreement
Summary
The Board of Appeals unanimously approved VAAP 08-1132 allowing a 38.2-foot-by-10-foot deck (382 sq ft) to be constructed in the expanded critical-area buffer where hydric soils prompted buffer expansion; the Critical Area Commission did not oppose, and staff required 3:1 mitigation to be recorded in a critical-area planting agreement.
The St. Mary's County Board of Appeals on Nov. 20, 2008 approved a variance (VAAP 08-1132) allowing property owner Jeffrey Earl Fisher to build a 38.2-foot-by-10-foot (382-square-foot) elevated deck within an expanded critical-area buffer created because of adjacent hydric soils and non-tidal wetlands.
Surveyor Jerry Nuckelby, representing the owner, told the board the rear yards in the subdivision commonly have decks and that the…
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