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Board approves setback waiver to rebuild Huntingtown barn; imposes no‑occupancy plumbing condition
Summary
The board granted Roland and Dana Plater a side‑setback variance to rebuild a 30x44‑foot barn at 1791 Stinnett Road, citing topography, driveway constraints and adjacent open space as hardships; approval is conditioned on no interior plumbing or occupancy.
The Calvert County Board of Appeals voted unanimously to grant a variance reducing the side setback from 10 feet to 0 feet to allow Roland and Dana Plater to reconstruct a 30x44‑foot barn on their Huntingtown property. The board attached one condition: the barn shall have no interior plumbing and shall not be used for occupancy.
Roland Plater (speaker 15) told the board the original tobacco barn on the family property had deteriorated and been removed; the only reasonable place to reconstruct it is the existing footprint because much of the parcel is steep or designated open space. A board member noted the lot’s narrow driveway and a desire to preserve a large tree as factors in the minimum‑adjustment analysis. Another member recommended the permit include the no‑plumbing/no‑occupancy limitation requested by the health department; the applicants confirmed they had anticipated that restriction and had no objection.
The board made findings that special circumstances and unwarranted hardship exist because of topography and existing site conditions, and that the requested relief is the minimum necessary. The motion to grant carried unanimously; staff will prepare the written order and include the stated condition.
