Pier review: Tahoe Regional Planning Agency board overturns decision on Zephyr Cove pier

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Pier review: Tahoe Regional Planning Agency board overturns decision on Zephyr Cove pier

Ryan Hoffman,Tahoe Daily Tribune

February 28, 2019

STATELINE, Nev. — Plans for a controversial pier project were washed away Wednesday after a divided vote by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board.

The decision overturning prior approval of the project came after a roughly two-hour debate on, as several board members conceded, a complicated subject.

Jay and Dana Poe were attempting to rebuild a shoreline structure resembling a deck into a 144-foot pier.

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