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Commissioners deny removal of decade‑old buffer; order replanting after neighbor health and privacy dispute
Summary
The board denied a property owner’s request to remove a recorded 25‑foot undisturbed buffer at a Lost Mountain subdivision and ordered replanting to county standards after neighbors documented loss of privacy and staff said rules and plats require the buffer; the owner raised medical hardship claims, which commissioners asked arborist to consider when authorizing replacement species.
Angela Richard Eaglin and Victor Eaglin asked the board to remove a 25‑foot undisturbed buffer shown on the subdivision plat, saying the buffer’s presence was not clear at purchase and that dense vegetation caused medical hardship. "We would have never purchased the property had we known we would not be able to do anything with the property," Richard said, adding she suffers chronic sinusitis and allergies.
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