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Zoning board approves mixed variances, denies several requests in critical-area case
Summary
St. Mary’s County Zoning Board of Appeals adopted written findings and an order granting some variances and denying others for a property subject to critical-area buffer rules in a post-permit-violation proceeding involving Joseph M. Lynch and Messalyn Lopez Estrada.
The St. Mary’s County Zoning Board of Appeals on March 24 adopted a written order in the long-running variance matter involving Joseph M. Lynch and Messalyn Lopez Estrada, granting several variance requests tied to reconstruction and stormwater work while denying others related to accessory structures and an outdoor bathing facility.
The board’s order, read into the record and adopted after review of a draft findings-of-fact document, said variances to reconstruct the existing single-family dwelling, to construct an attached deck in the buffer, to replace the existing septic system with a nitrogen-reduction tank, to install a second septic tank and a third drain field in the buffer were granted subject to conditions. The order also granted a…
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