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St. Mary's County board approves after-the-fact deck, stoop and walkway variance for Hollywood property
Summary
The St. Mary's County Board of Appeals approved a variance allowing a 12-by-20-foot deck and after-the-fact stoop, stairwell and walkway within the critical area buffer at 24810 Half Pone Point Road in Hollywood, subject to mitigation, quarter-inch deck spacing and a buffer management plan.
The St. Mary's County Board of Appeals on Dec. 11 approved a variance allowing new impervious surface and disturbance within the county critical-area buffer for property owner Leon Anderson at 24810 Half Pone Point Road in Hollywood.
County planning consultant Robin Guider, representing Anderson, told the board that the new deck would be 12 feet by 20 feet and that "the wood would be at least a quarter of an inch apart, so that the water would drip down through the wood." Guider also said Anderson has paid a fine and posted a bond for potential removal of after-the-fact improvements.
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