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Somerset council conditionally approves Mid Atlantic Builders’ fence and retaining-wall changes after neighbor complaints
Summary
After neighbors complained of sidewalk damage, illegal parking and repeated code problems, Somerset Town Council approved a permanent amendment for 4712 Falstone to add a six-foot fence and replace a retaining wall, but stayed permit issuance until Jan. 10 and ordered additional outreach to nearby residents.
Somerset Town Council voted to conditionally approve a permanent amendment submitted by Mid Atlantic Builders to alter plans for 4712 Falstone, adding a six-foot fence and replacing an existing stone retaining wall, but delayed permit issuance to allow additional neighbor outreach.
The decision followed public testimony from neighbors who said the construction site had repeatedly violated town rules. "Mid Atlantic has had a record from the beginning of ignoring the rules and codes of our town," Lucy Freeman, who lives opposite the property at 4719 Falstone, told the council,…
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