Zoning Board approves Smith deck expansion; Ferring case continued
Orleans Zoning Board of Appeals approves deck expansion, continues larger residential case. Chair Robert Wilkinson, with members Sibel Asantugrul, Matthew Cole, and David Lyttle present, unanimously voted 4-0 to approve a special permit for Scott and Kathleen Smith to expand a nonconforming deck
Zoning Board of Appeals · Meeting of March 4, 2026
Orleans Zoning Board of Appeals approves deck expansion, continues larger residential case. Chair Robert Wilkinson, with members Sibel Asantugrul, Matthew Cole, and David Lyttle present, unanimously voted 4-0 to approve a special permit for Scott and Kathleen Smith to expand a nonconforming deck and build a 10-by-15-foot pantry addition at 23 Hidden Valley Road. The board continued Case 2026-04, in which applicant John H.
Ferring IV seeks to raze an existing dwelling and build a 7-bedroom home with 6,355 square feet of building coverage at 199 Namequoit Road, to March 18, 2026, to hear the case with a full five-member board; engineering consultant Robert Dewar of Bracken Engineering presented the application, and an abutting neighbor objected to the structure's size.
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