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Planning Commission approves dune-area exemption for Buccaneer Boulevard house
Summary
The Galveston Planning Commission approved an exemption allowing gravel under a proposed single-family residence at 4215 Buccaneer Boulevard after staff said the project had been revised to meet city standards and state reviewers raised differing interpretations of dune-area rules.
The City of Galveston Planning Commission approved an exemption request for a single-family residence at 4215 Buccaneer Boulevard, allowing crushed limestone/gravel beneath the structure, at a public meeting where staff and the applicant described a multiyear review and differing interpretations with state reviewers.
Staff described the request as an exemption application for work within the city's dune conservation area and noted the parcel is legally described as Abstract 121, Page 45, Lot 11, Block 6, Paris Beach Section 2. Planning staff said the line of vegetation at the property was measured at 71 feet from the structure in the site survey and that the city's dune conservation area extends 200 feet from the line of vegetation. Staff said there is no dune complex at the site and that the…
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