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Board of Appeals unanimously grants Staleys a critical-area variance for 16-by-16 addition
Summary
The Calvert County Board of Appeals approved a critical-area variance allowing Wayne and Anna Staley to replace an existing deck with a 16-by-16 two-story addition at 12809 Lakeview Drive after finding the applicants overcame the presumption of nonconformance; the board required standard erosion controls and noted neighbor support.
The Calvert County Board of Appeals on Nov. 6 approved a critical-area variance for Wayne and Anna Staley to replace an existing deck with a 16-by-16, two-story addition at 12809 Lakeview Drive in Drum Point Subdivision.
Wayne Staley told the board the project reduces existing coverage and is intended to increase interior living space: "So 16 by 16, 2 stories up. That's what we wanna do." Anna Marie Staley said the addition will be accessed from an existing loft area and that the family wishes to remain on the lakefront lot. The applicants stated they will not remove trees or brush in the buffer, will limit site access, and will install a silt fence before footers are dug. They also said their son, a landscape architect, will help design native-plant mitigation.
Staff confirmed public notice was mailed and posted and that two letters of neighbor support were on file. Environmental planning regulator Ron Marney told the board the referral included mitigation calculations and raised no objection. After reviewing the critical-area criteria — including unwarranted hardship, injury to the public interest, minimum adjustment and water-quality impacts — the board concluded the applicants overcame the presumption of nonconformance and that the project would not injure water quality or habitat.
A board member moved to close the record and then moved to grant the variance; the motion carried unanimously. The board’s order will be issued according to its standard timeline (the board renders decisions and issues orders within 45 days of closing a case).
