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Staff urges conditional approval for after-the-fact stream-buffer variance for pool at 2958 Redding Road

Planning Commission · March 1, 2026
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Summary

Staff recommended that the planning commission conditionally approve a stream-buffer variance to legalize an existing pool, repair erosion and install a retaining wall at 2958 Redding Road, noting the encroachment is limited and mitigation (planting, stormwater controls) is proposed. The pool was permitted previously as-built but now appears to be in the buffer.

Staff presented VAR 25-00020, a request tied to 2958 Redding Road that would retroactively authorize a pool and limited grading inside a stream buffer, repair erosion from a removed tree and allow a retaining wall to stabilize the yard. The application seeks to legalize approximately 100 square feet of existing encroachment and add about 130 square feet, for a total near 230 square feet of impervious area in the buffer. Staff recommended conditional approval, citing minimal impervious encroachment and proposed mitigation.

The commission discussed the property’s permitting history. Staff said the house and pool were constructed by a developer and builder and the current homeowner was not…

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