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Somerset council approves variance for 4716 Dorset, sets reduced fee at $200
Summary
The Somerset Town Council on Feb. 3 approved a variance allowing homeowner Deborah Gooding to replace an asphalt driveway in kind at 4716 Dorset and reduced the standard $1,000 variance fee to $200, with council discussion emphasizing engineering constraints and a possible future code revision.
The Town of Somerset Council approved a variance on Feb. 3 allowing a homeowner at 4716 Dorset to replace a nonpermeable asphalt driveway in its existing footprint and set the variance fee at $200.
Deborah Gooding, the applicant and a registered professional engineer, told the council the driveway slopes toward the foundation and cited Montgomery County guidance discouraging permeable pavement for that condition. "The stormwater that comes onto…
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