There’s a small adult-care home on my (residential) street, and last summer they enlarged a ground-level wooden patio in the front yard, as a place where residents could sit outdoors in nice weather. The patio appeared to be well back from the property line, it was not an eyesore, but some local building inspector made them tear the whole thing down after it was finished. They did not replace it. I have often wondered what that was all about.
That happened to a friend of mine.
The wooden deck is considered a structure and has to follow the same rules as any addition to the home.
They put a flagstone patio in the same place and that was okay.
Nuts !!!!!!!!!!!
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I don’t profess knowledge as to why that particular situation, but would venture by your description, and reflecting on experience in the past there was public access, and fire code anomaly involved with the patio. Probably was acceptable for private residential purpose, but not for profit nursing home situation.