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Board grants variance for Wood family pier on St. Jerome’s Creek
2226772 · February 5, 2025
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Summary
The Board of Appeals approved a variance allowing the Wood family to build a 140‑ft pier and mooring piles that encroach into shared lateral setbacks to reach usable water depth.
The St. Mary’s County Board of Appeals on Nov. 8 granted a variance allowing David and Anne Wood to construct a 140‑foot pier with mooring piles on St. Jerome’s Creek, finding a practical difficulty tied to the property’s cove‑shaped shoreline and limited fast‑land width.
David Wood told the board the cove’s shallow mud flat requires a pier extending to about 40 feet beyond the…
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