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Somerset council grants variance allowing asphalt driveway, reduces fee to $200
Summary
The Town Council approved a variance allowing a like‑for‑like asphalt driveway at 4716 Dorset Avenue and reduced the standard $1,000 variance fee to $200 after debating engineering risks of permeable pavement near house foundations and the fairness of the town’s fee schedule.
Somerset, Feb. 3, 2025 — The Somerset Town Council voted to grant a variance that allows the replacement of an asphalt driveway at 4716 Dorset Avenue and set the variance fee at $200, a substantial reduction from the town’s $1,000 standard fee.
The applicant, Deborah Goodings, told the council the replacement is a like‑for‑like asphalt surfacing and that county guidance discourages permeable pavement when a driveway slopes toward a house foundation. “The Montgomery County Department of the…
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