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Board of Appeals actions: two variances approved; several orders signed or scheduled
Summary
At its April 14 meeting the Saint Mary’s County Board of Appeals approved two variance requests (Bowles and Long properties), approved March meeting minutes, and scheduled or signed orders for several previously heard variances (Mars Point restaurant, Mattingly property, closed-property ramps, Smith Creek Marina).
The Saint Mary’s County Board of Appeals on April 14 recorded multiple formal actions in addition to hearing two public- hearing variance requests.
Key votes and administrative actions at the meeting:
Bowles variance (VAAP number 21DashO824): Approved to disturb critical-area buffer to construct a single-family dwelling over an existing foundation. Vote: 5–0. Staff to prepare an order within 60 days; a 30-day appeal period follows once signed.
Long variance (VAAP number 21Dash1516): Approved to disturb an expanded 100-foot non-tidal wetland buffer to remove an existing house and build a new elevated single-family dwelling. Vote: 5–0. Staff to prepare an order within 60 days; pending Soil Conservation District and Metcom final approvals were noted.
Approval of minutes: The board approved minutes for the prior meeting (listed in package) by voice vote (aye).
Orders prepared for signature (status and vote notes from meeting): - Mars Point restaurant (temporary waterfront tent, after-the-fact amendment): Board recorded a split decision on the amendment referenced in the orders (members voting to grant the amendment: Dan Nikniaowski, Guy Bradley, Rich Richardson; members voting to deny: Wayne Madinski, Ronald Payne). Staff to verify applicant testimony detail about a mat/flooring before final signing of the order. - Mattingly property (after-the-fact variance, mitigation and extensions): Motion to sign order carried (voice vote recorded as aye); prior motion to approve the variance was recorded as 5–0. - Closed-property ramps (variance for buffer distance for handicap ramps/extensions): Motion to sign order carried; prior decision recorded as 4–1 (Wayne Madinski voting to deny). - Smith Creek Marina (after-the-fact construction of an outdoor bar within 100-foot buffer): Motion to sign order carried; prior decision recorded as 4–1 (Rich Richardson recorded as voting to deny in that case).
Staff noted it will circulate order drafts and confirm specific wording items (for example, whether the applicant said a temporary 'mat' or 'temporary flooring' in an earlier hearing) before final signatures. Each order includes a standard 30-day appeal period once signed.
