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Germantown planning commission approves conditional use permit for garage and pool to encroach wetland setback with mitigation conditions
Summary
The commission approved a conditional use permit allowing a detached garage and pool to encroach into a 25-foot wetland setback at W202 N11787 Merkle Drive, subject to a mitigation plan, field staking/inspections and a favorable FEMA letter of map change before a building permit is issued.
The Village of Germantown Planning Commission voted Nov. 10 to approve a conditional use permit that allows property owner Jason Zimmerman to place an 840-square-foot detached garage, an above-ground pool and a deck within portions of the village's 25-foot wetland setback at W202 N11787 Merkle Drive.
Staff planner Jordan told the commission the application proposes mitigation that includes silt fencing, erosion controls and roughly 3,000 square feet of native planting to compensate for disturbance to the setback, and noted the applicant has submitted a letter of map change to FEMA to revise the floodplain…
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