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Portsmouth planning panel denies Chesapeake Bay exception for Lake Jean pool
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to deny a Chesapeake Bay exception requested by homeowners seeking to place a private pool inside a 100-foot resource protection buffer near Lake Jean, citing lack of exception criteria and concerns about precedent; staff had recommended denial.
The Portsmouth Planning Commission voted to deny a Chesapeake Bay exception request from Mr. and Mrs. Stone to construct a swimming pool within the 100-foot resource protection buffer near Lake Jean.
Staff principal planner Valerie Malzone recommended denial, saying staff could not support development "within the 100 foot resource protection area that does not meet all of the exception criteria outlined in Portsmouth city code section 9.1-12 c." Malzone told commissioners staff had…
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