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Board of Appeals approves Rickett variance for small deck intruding into 100-foot critical-area buffer
Summary
The St. Mary's County Board of Appeals unanimously approved VAAP25-1801, allowing a roughly 384 sq ft deck at 21829 Rosebank Court with about 100 sq ft intruding into the 100-foot critical-area buffer; staff required a buffer-management plan and mitigation plantings before a building permit.
The St. Mary's County Board of Appeals on Nov. 19 unanimously approved a variance allowing a deck that intrudes into the county's 100-foot critical-area buffer at 21829 Rosebank Court in Leonardtown. The applicants, Kenneth and Terry Rickett, had requested relief from the county's critical-area rules so they could construct an approximately 384-square-foot deck with steps; staff said roughly 100 square feet of that footprint would lie within the 100-foot buffer.
Planner Stacy Clements told the board that the…
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