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Board upholds violation notices for River Road farm after testimony on unpermitted bins, pit and structures

Caroline County Board of Zoning Appeals · October 23, 2024
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Summary

After testimony from owner, engineer and county staff, the Caroline County Board of Zoning Appeals affirmed violation notices for multiple unpermitted structures and uses at 14010 River Road (Greensboro), including a concrete storage pit, grain-storage bins built without approved permits and a house and accessory structures not in permitted locations. The board directed staff to draft a written decision.

The Caroline County Board of Zoning Appeals also took up a separate appeal from Heartland Holdings LLC concerning multiple violation letters for property at 14010 River Road in Greensboro.

Appellants’ counsel summarized the River Road case at the start of the second hearing: a concrete storage tank alleged to have been built without a permit and used at times to store dissolved air flotation (DAF) food-processing residuals; a manufactured home and an office trailer with an attached deck placed in locations that did not match permit drawings; multiple grain-storage bins, some constructed without permits and some sited inside required setbacks; and a straw-storage barn whose built size did not match the approved plans. Counsel said the applicant had been working with an engineering firm (Lane Engineering) and the health department, had applied for…

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