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Board of Appeals defers decision on Brookhaven homeowner's putting-green variance for stream-buffer determination
Summary
The Board of Appeals deferred a request from a Brookhaven homeowner to reduce a 75-foot stream buffer to install an engineered artificial-turf putting green, saying staff should first make a site-specific stream-buffer determination; the board set the case for Dec. 17, 2025. Supporters called the rear feature minimally intrusive; opponents and staff stressed buffer rules and runoff concerns.
The Brookhaven Board of Appeals on Thursday deferred a decision on a homeowner’s request to reduce a 75-foot stream buffer to 53 feet to install an engineered artificial-turf putting green, saying staff must first complete a site-specific stream-buffer determination.
Jennifer Wolfe of It’s Permittable LLC, who represented homeowners Ryan and Britney Blackburn, asked the board to approve the variance and described the feature as a “small permeable artificial turf putting green” engineered to allow vertical drainage and to minimize environmental impact. Wolfe told the board the rear drainage feature is “not a functioning creek, but rather a shallow drainage ditch that is dry…
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