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Board grants variance to allow 199‑ft communications tower on Jerome Adams property despite neighboring objections
Summary
St. Mary’s County’s Board of Appeals voted 4–1 Aug. 28 to approve a variance allowing a 199‑foot communications monopole on a 4.4‑acre parcel on Newmarket Turner Road, reducing the required 100% height setback in certain adjoining property lines.
The St. Mary’s County Board of Appeals voted 4–1 Aug. 28 to grant a variance that reduces the required setback for a 199‑foot communications monopole proposed on property owned by Jerome Michael Adams on Newmarket Turner Road in Mechanicsville.
Staff said the application (VAAP25‑0035) requests relief from CZO section 51.3.0.91(b)(10), which requires a setback equal to 100% of tower height from any structure not associated with the tower site. The applicant seeks to locate a 199‑foot monopole (including a 4‑foot lightning rod) such that the distance from the tower center to the eastern adjoining property line would be about 57.7 feet and to the western property line about 96.2 feet; staff noted the tower meets the 199‑foot setback from the nearest residence (the Menna house),…
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