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TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND STANDING
>> MR. PETER WILL YOU READ THE PUBLIC NOTICE?
>> YES . THEY PROPERLY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING HELD IN CONCURRENCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FLORIDA LAW.
THE PUBLIC WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE AGENCIES AND AREAS OF JURISDICTION AND BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER COMMENT. THE PUBLIC SHALL SPEAK AT A TIME DURING THE MEETING ON EACH ITEM FOR LENGTH OF TIME AS IS NEEDED BY THE CHAIRMAN WHICH SHALL BE THREE MINUTES. THE SPEAKER SHALL IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, WHO THEY REPRESENT AND STATE THEIR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
SPEAKERS MAY OFFER SWORN TESTIMONY , IF IT IS NOT SWORN IT MAY BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ITS TRUTHFULNESS. A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THE HEARING , SUCH PERSON WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS TO BE SURE A VERBATIM RECORD IS MADE OF THE PROCEEDINGS WHICH INCLUDE A TESTIMONY AT THE TIME IN WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PRESENTED DURING THE HEARING SUCH AS DIAGRAMS, CHARTS OR WRITTEN STATEMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE CLERK FOR INCLUSION INTO THE RECORD.
[PZA Meeting Minutes for Board Approval: 11/02/23, 11/16/23, 12/07/23, 12/21/23]
[Public Comments]
HAVE A MEDIA PACKET AND MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 2ND 2023, NOVEMBER 16TH , DECEMBER 7TH AND DECEMBER 21ST. ANYBODYHAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THEM? >> APPROVAL.
>> SO MOVED. >> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THIS TIME IT IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AUDIENCE TO COME UP TO SPEAK ITEMS THAT MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA TODAY. WE WILL GET TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE ONCE WE GET TO THEM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD .
>> JOE MCINTYRE 1005 BLACKBERRY LANE , I AM PRESENTING A POWERPOINT I PREPARED BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL ADVOCATES FOR PLANNING PRACTICES AND GOOD PLANNING.
THESE ARE JUST THOUGHTS AND CERTAIN FACTS THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. CERTAINLY WE KNOW IT IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS INTRODUCED AN INITIATIVE TO BRING ON WIDESPREAD SUPPORT TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. JUST FROM THEIR WEBSITE THEY HAVE SELECTED FOUR LARGE COUNTY EMPLOYEES HERE , WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MORE AND WE KNOW THERE IS A GREATER NEED BUT JUST FROM THOSE FOUR THE DEFICIT TODAY AND THE DEFICIT IN THE FUTURE AS UP TO 11,000 IN EXCESS, 11,000 UNIT. IT IS A MONSTROUS NUMBER AND THERE IS MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE BUT IF WE FOR TODAY JUST THINK OF 11,000 , LET'S MOVE ON AND CONSIDER THIS. THE QUESTIONS ARE, WHERE WILL THAT GO? HOW WILL IT BE PROVIDED? IS IT ENOUGH? CAN WE PROVIDE MORE? THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE ARE ALL ASKING. I SAY THE DOORS OPEN EVERYWHERE THANKS TO THE COUNTY , I SEE THE DOORS OPEN
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EVERYWHERE, SORT OF, BECAUSE WE KNOW ABOUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS THAT 11 1M AND THE CREATION OF THE WORKFORCE HOUSING DISTRICT , PROVIDING CERTAIN BONUSES , GIVE 30% OF THE HOUSES TO WORKFORCE HOUSING AND THAT IS GREAT. THE DOORS OPEN AND I AM FOR THAT. I THINK SO ARE YOU AND EVERYONE HERE IN THE COUNTY. BUT WE HAVE TO READ A 111 1M IN TOTAL BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A CAVEAT AND AN EXCEPTION THAT SAYS THAT NOTHING IS GUARANTEED A 111 1M YOU CAN READ THAT IT IS ALL ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPATIBILITY WHERE PROJECT PERHAPS WOULD PROVIDE A NUMBER OF MARKET RATE HOUSES THAT ARE DEEMED TO BE TOO DENSE , TOO MUCH AND INCOMPATIBLE USING THE BONUS TO COME IN WITH MORE BUT YOU WILL PERHAPS WILL SEE THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT IT IS STILL ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPATIBILITY AND A COPY OF THE PLAN GIVES YOU THAT LEVERAGE AND GIVES YOU THAT ABILITY TO REVIEW PROJECT THAT WAY. SMALL AND MODERATE SIZED DEVELOPERS ARE ALREADY RESPONDING TO THIS INCENTIVE BY LISTING A FEW. 40 UNITS IN SEBASTIAN OAKS WHICH YOU HEARD AT THE LAST MEETING, COUNTY ROAD 208 IS ASKING FOR 188 , WARD'S CREEK WILL BE COMING SOON WITH 853 MARKET RATE HOUSES BUT 365 WORKFORCE HOUSES. ON THE ONE HAND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT, I AM. BUT WE HAVE TO STEP BACK AND THINK ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF COMPATIBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE . BUT ALREADY THERE ARE SOME SMALL AND MODERATE SIZED DEVELOPERS WHO ARE COMING FORWARD. IF 365 IS NOT GUARANTEED AND WE NEED 11,050 , HOW DO WE GET THERE? HOW DO WE GET TO 11,050? I LISTED SOME WHAT I CALL, MISSED OPPORTUNITIES. THEY HAVE SOME LARGE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AND RECENTLY . YOU LOOK AT THE COLUMN OF HOW MANY WORKFORCE HOUSING HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THOSE PROJECTS , ZERO. SO, 11,000 IS A HUGE NUMBER AND OUR SMALL DEVELOPERS ARE TRYING, THEY REALLY ARE TRYING. BUT THIS IS A HUGE MISSED OPPORTUNITY. 10% OF THAT NUMBER WOULD BE 4000 AND SANDY CREEK WAS APPROVED ON TUESDAY AND THAT IS ANOTHER 1080 UNITS , SO THAT NUMBER IS 40,000 AND PROBABLY MORE BECAUSE I DID NOT COUNT EVERYTHING. SO, HOW DO WE GET TO 11,050? I WILL CONCLUDE WITH TWO STATEMENTS. DENSITY BONUSES, PERHAPS BUT ONLY TO CONTINUE THE CONSIDERATION OF COMPATIBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ARE GOING THROUGH A CONFERENCE OF PLAN AND CHANGE AND REVISION AND I SAY YOU ARE ALL ADVOCATES AND YOU WILL BE ASKED YOUR OPINIONS AND I JUST PUT IT OUT THERE THAT IT DOES SAY WE SHOULD REQUIRE A PERCENT IN PARTICIPATION BY ALL APPLICATIONS. THOSE ARE THE COMMENTS I WANTED TO MAKE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. NUMBER ONE , I WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF IN THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. I DON'T THINK THEY GET ENOUGH CREDIT. THEY PUT TOGETHER A REALLY COMPLEX AGENDA EVERY TWO WEEK'S. I KNOW WE HAD A BREAK IN JANUARY BUT NORMALLY EVERY TWO WEEKS THEY PUT TOGETHER A LOT OF INFORMATION AND A COMPLEX AGENDA. VERY LONG ITEMS. I KNOW THAT SOME OF IT IS BOILERPLATE BUT MOST DOES NOT. YOU HAVE TO GATHER A LOT OF INFORMATION, WRITE IT , PUT IT OUT THERE. MAPS, DOCUMENTS, RESEARCH , ALL SORTS OF THINGS AND THEY DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT. I DON'T THINK THEY NORMALLY GET ENOUGH CREDIT AND I WANT TO SAY THAT. I WANT TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY. BUT ONE THING, I THOUGHT OF THIS A COUPLE OF MEXICO AND THEN AGAIN LAST NIGHT. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO , UP UNTIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO USED TO GET SCHOOLDAY
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PACKETS AND JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT DISAPPEARED. WE USED TO GET INFORMATION WHERE WE WOULD GET THE LEGAL OPINION OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, TECHNICAL REVIEW , TRAFFIC AND ROAD CONCURRENCY INFORMATION , NUMBERS , GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT REVIEW . WE USED TO ALSO GET SOME SCHOOL MEMBERS, WE WOULD GET HOW MANY DISTRICTS NEEDED MAJOR MODS OR AMENDMENTS, HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE GOING TO BE GENERATED BY PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. LIKE WHAT THE SCHOOL CAPACITY WAS OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. WAS IT UNDER CAPACITY? OVERCAPACITY? WE DO NOT GET THAT INFORMATION ANYMORE. I KNOW THE CONCURRENCY AGREEMENTS ON THE COST OF THAT IS NEGOTIATED SEPARATELY AND THAT IS OUT OF OUR PURVIEW BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION BUT BACK IN OUR PACKETS SO WE HAVE THAT. IT IS PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAVE SORT OF BEEN PLAYING WITH A DECK OF CARDS THAT HAS ONE MISSING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION OR THOSE DATA. I ASK, PLEASE, PLEASE CAN WE GET THAT PUT BACK IN? I WOULD HELP MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WOULD AGREE, I JUST TALKED TO THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE JUDY -- INAUDIBLE ] SCHOOL BOARD IT CANNOT BE SHARED WITH US AND WE DO NOT GET IT. I ASKED THE QUESTION TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO ABOUT SECTION 8.1 .25 SEE AND I SET HER SCHOOL IS ALSO CONSIDERING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SHE SAID, YES. AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT AS MUCH AS IT IS FOR ROAD CAPACITY AND I REALLY HOPE WE CAN GET THAT INFRASTRUCTURE BACKGROUND IN THE PACKET, JUST A LITTLE SECTION SO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION. MAYBE TERESA, YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON IT? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR. THANK YOU .>> IF I MAY. THANK YOU. WE SEND ALL APPLICATIONS OVER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS THEM , THEY DON'T ALWAYS RESPOND TO US , THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. WE DID USED TO GET LETTERS ON A REGULAR BASIS FROM THEM. I THINK IT IS JUST THE PACE AND ABILITY AND RESOURCES THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO GET THOSE DONE. BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION WE CANNOT PROVIDE IT TO YOU AND WE ARE NOT GETTING IT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> YOU'RE NOT EVEN GETTING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PROJECTED? OR HOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE IN THE SERVICE AREA FOR A DEVELOPMENT
OR ANY OF THAT? >> WE ARE NOT GETTING THOSE ON A PROJECT TO PROJECT BASIS IN THE APPLICATIONS. WE DO GET THEIR ANNUAL REPORT. WE GET THAT WHICH SHOWS THEIR BUDGETING BUT WE DO NOT GET ANYTHING ON A PROJECT BASIS
ANYMORE. >> JUDY MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS BUT SHE SAYS SHE DOES NOT GET INFORMATION EITHER .
SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THAT INFORMATION. >> WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK ON MOORE CORONATION, STAFF CAN TRY TO PULL THAT TOGETHER BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT GETTING THAT INFORMATION, SO, WE CANNOT PROVIDE IT TO YOU. AND I LIKE TO COMMENT ON MR. MCINTYRE'S COMMENTS ALSO. ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HE IS CORRECT IN THOSE NUMBERS HE SHOWED YOU. THOSE PROJECTS THAT HE SHOWED DO NOT PROVIDE UNITS BUT SOME OF THOSE DRI PROJECTS , VALENCIA , THEY DID PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF CONTRIBUTION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING EFFORTS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. SOME ARE MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALENCIA ACTUALLY DID A STUDY THAT SHOWED THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANYTHING AT THAT POINT BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET MISLED THAT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANYTHING WHATSOEVER BECAUSE THEY DID PROVIDE SOME CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY JUST NOT BY BUILDING UNITS.
THANK YOU. TERESA YOU SAID THAT VALENCIA HAD DONE A STUDY THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING WAS NEEDED WITH IN VALENCIA? OR WITHIN THE
SERVICE AREA? >> WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA I THINK IT IS A 20 MILE RADIUS AND IS AN OLD DIR STANDARD. I
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THINK THEY DID THEIR STUDY IN THE EARLY 2000'S.>> EARLY 2000'S, OKAY. WE APPROVED WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT IS NOT THAT FAR SOUTH OF PALENCIA AND THAT STUDY SEEMS OUT OF DATE. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING IT BEING 20 YEARS
OLD. >> PALENCIA IS BUILT OUT, WE
CANNOT RETROFIT IT BACK. >> I GET THAT.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING , I WAS ASKED ABOUT THE WORKFORCE HOUSING TO LOOK AT THE APPLICATION AND UNFORTUNATELY I WAS NOT HERE THE LAST MEETING ON DECEMBER 21ST AND I TOLD THE APPLICANT I WOULD LOOK AT IT AND THE STOP REPORT AND WATCHED THE VIDEO, LISTEN TO HIS PRESENTATION AND LISTEN TO THE DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD AND THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AND AFTER REVIEWING THAT I CAN SEE THE WORKFORCE HOUSING IS MUCH NEEDED IN OUR COUNTY BUT NOT OFTEN USED. THE PURPOSE AND INTENT IN THE WORKFORCE IS TO WRITE HOUSING TYPES IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT IS AFFORDABLE TO LOWER AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.
PUTTING WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THIS AREA , YOU MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING TO THE NORTH, SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING TO THE EAST AND -- WOULD'VE BEEN VERY COMPATIBLE IF IT HAD A MIXED USE OF HOUSING TYPES AND DENSITY. I LISTEN TO THE CONCERN OF TRAFFIC ON THE LEWIS SPEEDWAY AND AT THIS TIME IT HAS CAPACITY. THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO PAY A PORTION IT FOR THE IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ISSUES WOULD HOPEFULLY BE RESOLVED DURING THE ENGINEERING PORTION
[1. COMM 2023-46 Agricultural Center Warehouse Phase 2.]
IF THIS WERE TO GET APPROVED BUT SINCE IT WAS NOT HERE.HAVING REVIEWED THE STAFF REPORT AND THE VIDEO I WOULD'VE VOTED YES FORD, I DO SUPPORT THE APPLICATION SINCE IT WAS A 3-3 VOTE IT WAS TECHNICALLY A DENIAL BUT HAD I BEEN HERE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN FAVORABLE AND I WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. AFTER THAT WE WERE GOING TO ITEM NUMBER ONE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, ALEX A CREAM 700 WALTER STREET . I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OF SOUTHERN PAYMENTS MARKINGS FOR AGENDA ITEM 2023 E- 46 WAREHOUSE SPACE TO. -- PHASE TWO. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN AN OLD INTERSTATE INDUSTRIAL PARK ZONING DISTRICT ORDINANCE 1987 DASH ONE. WHICH REQUIRES ANY DEVELOPMENT TO COME FORTH TO THE ZONING BOARD ONCE THE ITEM HAS BEEN TO REVIEW WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING. THIS PROJECT, THIS SITE CAME FORWARD TO THE BOARD FOR PHASE ONE BACK IN 2018 , A LITTLE OVER 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF INDUSTRIAL USE , THERE WERE SOME AREAS PLANNED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT , THIS IS WHERE WE STAND TODAY WITH THE FUTURE BUILDOUT OF THE PROPERTY WHICH INCLUDED A 36,000 SQUARE FOOT OF INDUSTRIAL. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH OVERVIEW WITH THE COUNTY AND WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGE OF GETTING APPROVAL AND WE ALSO THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO SUPPORT THE APPLICATION . HERE'S A COPY OF THE ZONING MAP TO SHOW THE ZONING DISTRICT , THIS IS OFF OF AGATE CENTER DRIVE WHICH IS IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF COUNTY ROAD 208 . WITH THAT I AM OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU
MAY HAVE. >> YOU'RE PUTTING IT IN THE RIGHT SPOT , TO SUPPOSED TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL PARK , NORMALLY I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS. WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC YOU'RE GOING TO GENERATE? YOU ARE HAVING 600
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PARKING SPACES WITH THIS, I'M ASSUMING FOR EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS? YOU WILL HAVE TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT OF THERE? WHAT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON COUNTY ROAD 208 AND STATE ROUTE 16? THAT IS HORRIBLE TRAFFIC AND ANOTHER INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW BUT WHAT ARE YOU ALL GOING TO DO AND IS YOUR COMPANY GOING TO DO TO HELP THETRAFFIC JAMS? >> CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS FOR ANY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. PHASE ONE IS FULLY BUILT OUT AND OPERATIONAL. IT IS A SINGLE OWNER USE IN PHASE TWO WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SINGLE OWNER USE. THE EMPLOYEES DON'T NEED ALL THOSE PARKING SPACES BUT THAT IS WHAT IS REQUIRED BY
CODE. >> YOU SAID TRAFFIC IS PRIMARILY GENERATED BY THE EMPLOYEES ON THE SITE?
>> YES. >> THAT IS GOOD. ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE SOME EYES COMING IN AND OUT OF THE?
>> I DO THEY HAVE ANY SEMI TRAFFIC BUT I CANNOT SAY THAT
FOR CERTAIN. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> IN THE ORDINANCE ON PAGE FIVE , IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND THIS SECTION , 8.1.P . IT SAYS IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE REQUIRED OF INDIVIDUAL SITE DEVELOPERS TO MITIGATE TRAFFIC IMPACTS ON-SITE AS WELL AS OFF-SITE BETWEEN AGRICULTURAL ROAD AND HIGHWAY STATE ROUTE 16 , SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERING --
ORDINANCE. >> THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM CONCURRENCY, HOWEVER ACCORDANCE REQUIRED AND SO IS OUR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION , WHEN THEY GO THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION PLAN REVIEW THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THAT TIME.
THIS APPLICATION IS ALREADY GOING THROUGH THAT CONSTRUCTION
>> IN THE AUDIENCE WHAT TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE? SEEING NONE. ALEX, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY?
>> NO, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
[2. SUPMIN 2023-10 Victorious Covenant Church.]
SPEECH CUEVA MOTION FOR APPROVAL, IS THERE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S REGISTER THE VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER TWO. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT HAS AN EX PARTE? IS MR. BOHICAN HERE? I'M SORRY IF I AMMISPRONOUNCING THAT. >> MY NAME IS DUSTIN FELIX AND MY ADDRESS IS 4420 SOUTH U.S. ONE SUITE 1, SAINT AUGUSTINE AND I'M HER PRESENTING THE CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THIS PROJECT AND AM I LANDSCAPED ARCHITECTURE IN FLORIDA. MY LICENSE NUMBER IS -- REPRESENTING -- CHURCH FOR THE CENTRALIST PERMIT. NEXT SLIDE.
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA. NEXT SLIDE. HERE'S THE SITE LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER HEARING ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND THEIR TWO TAX PARCELS HERE AND THIS PROJECT IS WITHIN THE WEST AUGUSTINE OVERLAY DISTRICT , COMMERCIAL. WE ARE ASKING FOR SPECIAL USE , ZONED RS THREE , FUTURE RAN -- LAND-USE RESIDENTIAL AND WANT TO SUPPORT OUR CLIENT IN DEVELOPING A CHURCH WHICH IS CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL . A TOTAL OF 2.8 ACRES. RIGHT NOW THE CONCEPT SHOWS AN AREA FOR A
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WET STORM WATER RETENTION POND, 22 PARKING SPACES AND A 7000 SQUARE FOOT CHURCH WITH ROOM FOR EXPANSION . NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE SITE PLAN. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE SPECIALIST SPECIAL USE PERMITS I HAVE COME ACROSS . THAT IS REALLY THE END OF MY SLIDESHOW.>> ANY QUESTIONS? >> WE DID GET ONE EMAIL OF CONCERN THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF CHURCHES IN THE AREA, I PERSONALLY AM ALL ABOUT CHURCHES THAT I HOPE THIS WORKS OUT WELL FOR YOU AND IT IS PAST, THANK YOU.
>> PRESENTATION? NOBODY ELSE WILL SPEAK ON THIS?
>> THERE ARE MEMBERS HERE OF THE CONJUGATION OF THE CHURCH IF YOU WOULD LIKE BUT IT IS ONE OF THE SIMPLER PROJECTS I HAVE
WORKED ON. >> HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. IT'S A ACCESS WILL BE PARTIALLY FROM KING STREET AND 40TH STREET AND STATES THAT FORD STREET IS CURRENTLY A NONSTANDARD ROADWAY AND THERE WILL BE REQUIRED UPGRADES , WHAT ARE
THE PLANNED UP GRADES? >> LET ME GO BACK LIKE PLEASE
>> I HAVE IT ELECTRONICALLY BUT I CANNOT ZOOM IN.
>> OKAY. THIS SITE PLAN REPRESENTS THE FORMAL PROCESS AND WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT IS MOST ACCESS BEING OFF OF KING STREET BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, THE ROAD AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS NOT 25 FEET WIDE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. YOU SEE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE ACCESS TO FORD AND THAT IS WHERE THE ROAD IS STILL WIDE ENOUGH 25 FEET. IF YOU PUSH THE PARKING ACCESS FARTHER SOUTH THEN YOU WILL LOSE AREAS WHERE
THE CONDITION NARROWS. >> OKAY. THE ONE NEIGHBOR THAT OBJECTED , WROTE HIS NAME DOWN BUT I WON'T BRING IT UP , THE COUNTY , DID YOU WORK WITH THE NEIGHBOR? HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH
HIM? >> FULL DISCLOSURE I'M A RELATIVELY NEW EMPLOYEE AND I DO NOT KNOW THE 18TH MONTH OR
TWO YEAR HISTORY OF THIS. >> WILL I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU ALL SPOKE TO THE NEIGHBOR AND SMOOTH THINGS OVER? SO, YOU GOING TO DO THE STANDARD SCREENING WITH THIS?
>> RIGHT NOW THIS PLAN ASSURING A SIX FOOT WOOD FENCE AROUND THE SOUTH, EAST PROPERTY LINES AND OF COURSE WITH THE ROADS BEING ON THE NORTH WEST. LATER ON MY ROLE AS A LANDSCAPER -- STAFF ITEM THAT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TYPE HAVE A FIVE FOOT INCOMPATIBILITY BUFFER , MEANING SCREENING STANDARD AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING TO PROVIDE A 10 FOOT BUFFER WILL BE BETTER AT MITIGATING ISSUES BETWEEN THE CHURCH USES, PARKING LOT PARTICULARLY IN THE HOUSE , ONE HOUSE IN PARTICULAR . BUT THERE IS ONE TO THE NORTHEAST AND ONE TO THE SOUTH.
SO, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT SCREENING STANDARD?
>> WE ARE SHOWING RIGHT HERE , WE ARE SHOWING YOUR 10 FEET AND HERE YOU WILL SEE THERE IS A DIMENSION THAT IS SHOWING A LITTLE OVER 13 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE BUILDING. THERE WAS A FIVE FOOT DIMENSION WE WERE SHOWING , AT ONE TIME WE HAD A VERSION OF THIS PLAN WERE RETHOUGHT THE FRONT FACADE OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE TO THE WEST BUT THAT IS JUST A HANGING DIMENSION THERE . RIGHT NOW WE ARE SHOWING A MINIMUM OF 10 FEET.
>> THAT'S GOOD. I WANT YOU TO COMMENT ON HOW BLIND OF A CURVE YOU THINK THAT CURVE IS, TO THE NORTHEAST OF .
>> I AM NOT SURE I CAN REALLY ANSWER THAT IS A LANDSCAPE
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ARCHITECT . THAT IS MORE FOR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING BUT FROM A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PERSPECTIVE IN THE FUTURE IF THIS IS PASSED WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT HOW WE WOULD PUT VEGETATION AROUND THE TWO ENTRANCES BUT I CANNOT SPEAKTO THAT. >> OKAY. MAYBE SOMEBODY CUT BUT I AM ALL IN FAVOR OF CHURCHES. I AM GLAD TO VOTE
YES ON THIS ONE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING THEN WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IS ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HERE SPEAK ON ITEM TWO? IF SO, THESE COME FORWARD.
SEEING NONE, WE ARE BACK INTO THE AGENCY.
[3. ZVAR 2023-28 7006 Middleton Ave.]
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. SUBJECT TO EIGHT CONDITIONS AND NINE FINDINGS OF FACT AS PROVIDED TO THE STAFF.
>> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, LET'S REGISTER THE BOAT. THE MOTION PASSES.
>> THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> ONTO ITEM NUMBER THREE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY EX PARTE? VISITS ON DIFFERENT DAYS AND SPOKE TO SEVERAL MEMBERS OF
STAFF ON THIS. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. ANYONE ELSE?
>> I'M JOSHUA FOSTER , 103 RIO DELMAR STREET. I DO TALK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE. IS THE VARIANCE FOR MIDDLETON AVENUE.
I PURCHASED THIS LOT FROM A FRIEND THAT WAS FLOODED BY HURRICANE MATTHEW AND THE HOUSE WAS REMOVED FROM THE LOT BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE FLOODING. HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF SAID LOT . THE LOT IS 50 BY 50 , I AM PROPOSING VARIANCE FROM 25 TO 30% COVERAGE ON THE LOT . PRIOR VARIANCES WERE APPLIED AND THEY WERE APPROVED. TODAY I'M SUBMITTING THE SAME APPLICATION THAT THE PRIOR OWNER FILED , TRYING TO GET THE SAME ONE AGAIN . THE CURRENT SETBACKS I'M TRYING TO GET DONE FROM 25 TO 14 FOOT INTRODUCTIONS FROM 10 FOOT TO 9.6 AND A REDUCTION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE YARD FROM EIGHT-FOOT TO 4.6. THAT IS A ROUGH SITE PLAN THERE. JUST TRYING TO GET MY HOUSE OFF THE GROUND AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME. >> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? RIGHT BEHIND YOU? AS YOU FACE YOUR PROPERTY. A BIG HOUSE IN
THE GARAGE. >> THAT'S NOT A FLAG LOT?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY FLAG LOT.
>> A NARROW ENTRANCE IT COMES IN BEHIND THE HOUSE. INAUDIBLE ] I'M GLAD NOBODY OBJECTED AND THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED TWICE BEFORE. A COUPLE FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN MIDDLETON BUT HE DID NOT CONTACT THEM, NOBODY HAS OBJECTED AND I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.
>> OBJECTING THIS PROJECT. CONCERNS WERE ABOUT DRAINAGE .
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE HAD A FAIRLY HEAVY RAIN AND THE ONLY PLACE ON THE ENTIRE STREET THAT WAS FLOODED WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY .
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THAT GOES UNDER THE DRIVEWAY . I DID HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF ABOUT THAT AND THEY SAID IT COULD JUST BE AN UNDEVELOPED LOT AND THE FACT THAT HOUSE WILL GO ON TO IT MIGHT END UP MITIGATING SOME OF THAT PROBLEMS WITH THE DRAINAGE.THIS PERSON IS REPRESENTING A LARGE GROUP AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE DRAINAGE BUT MY THOUGHTS WERE ON YOUR CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. I AM SURE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. THIS IS A SMALL HOUSE AND YOU ARE SQUEEZING A VERY SMALL HOUSE ONTO A VERY SMALL LOT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE AND THAT THE CONSTRUCTION METHOD IS SUCH THAT IT WOULD NOT EXACERBATE THAT. DID YOU STATE APPLICATION YOU WOULD
BUILD THE HOUSE UP? >> IF THE HOUSE IS BUILT UP WHICH I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE IT WOULD MEET THE CURRENT HEIGHT
REQUIREMENTS . >> I KNOW YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE BUT I LIVED IN A HOUSE THAT FLOODED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW --
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU CAN SIT DOWN WHILE THEY SPEAK.
>> MY NAME IS ANN CARNEY AND MATTRESSES -- AND I OWN THE FLAG LOT TO THE SELF EAST OF THIS PROPERTY. I AM HERE BECAUSE I HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT THE FLOOD ISSUE AND THE PERCENTAGE OF VARIANCE THEY ARE ASKING. I SUFFERED $70,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE FROM THE FLOOD FROM THAT PROPERTY.
HAVING A STRUCTURE THAT IS ABOVE THE VARIANCE I THINK IS GOING TO CAUSE ME MORE PROBLEMS AND HOW DOES THAT REFLECT ON
THE VOTE? >> MY NAME IS ROBERT CARNEY AND I LIVE IT -- MY MOTHER AND THERE IS THAT SWELL THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE LEFT SIDE WHICH IS DIRECTLY ON THE PROPERTY LINE AND WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FLOODING BECAUSE THAT GARAGE LIKE YOU SAID IS ELEVATED AS IS THE LOT IN FRONT OF IT.
INAUDIBLE ] >> IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE?
>> THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF. IF THIS IS APPROVED AND HOUSES BEING BUILT THERE WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEERS NOT AN SURE ANY FLOODING ISSUES WOULD BE MITIGATED? BECAUSE YOU CANNOT FLOOD SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY. YOU ARE NOT
SUPPOSED TO. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. BEN PAULSON WITH THAT TRANSPORTATION DIVISION. YOU ARE CORRECT. IF THIS GETS APPROVED IT STARTS TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER REVIEW WHERE WE LOOK AT THINGS SUCH AS FLOODING AND FEMA REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE SURE THIS LOT IS PROTECTED AND ALL ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE PROTECTED AS BEST WE CAN TO MINIMIZE THE
IMPACT. >> THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SAY BUT IF YOU BUILD A HOUSE THERE MIGHT IT ALLEVIATE
FLOODING? >> THAT IS HARD TO SAY AT THIS POINT. USUALLY WE TRY TO MAKE SURE IT DOES NOT MAKE THE PROBLEM ANY WORSE. ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEIGHBORS, WE CANNOT ALWAYS ALLEVIATE FLOODING WITH DEVELOPMENT BUT THE GOAL IS TO NOT MAKE THE PROBLEM ANY WORSE AND MITIGATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT A HOUSE BEING BUILT WOULD HAVE.
>> IF YOU INSPECT THE SITE? >> I HAVE NOT. I KNOW THE AREA AND ITS CHALLENGES. IS NOT UNLIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY IN THAT GENERAL AREA WHICH EXPERIENCES THE TITLE SEARCH ESPECIALLY ROUTED TO HEAVY STORM EVENTS . AT THAT POINT YOUR FIGHTING ELEVATION AND STORM SURGE ELEVATIONS VERSUS
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GROUNDS ELEVATION. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S NOT A LOT BEING ONE LOT BEING DEVELOPED CAN MITIGATE THAT ONE SITUATION FOR THE ADJACENT LOT. YOU ARE STILL HAVING MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF SEAWATER COMING IN AND IS THE SITUATION THAT MAY REQUIRE THAN WHAT ONE LOT DEVELOPMENT COULD DO TO HELPMITIGATE THE SITUATION. >> OKAY. DINKY.
>> MADAM CHAIR. WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO ASK THE PERSON YOU JUST MADE PUBLIC, THE SIMPLE QUESTION?
>> SURE. >> ON MY PREVIOUS HOUSE THAT FLOODED , ARE YOU NEWER OWNERS?
>> MR. FOSTER, YOU CAN COME BACK UP. YOU CAN RESPOND TO ANYTHING THE NEIGHBORS ASKED.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. IF THE HOUSE IS BUILT ON THE LOT WE DON'T INTEND TO EXACERBATE THE ISSUE LIKE THE GERMAN JUST SAID. WE WANT TO MAKE IT GO AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> BACK INTO THE AGENCY FOR A MOTION.
>> THIS IS A QUESTION , IS THIS GOING TO BE A RESIDENCE FOR YOU
>> THANK YOU. >> BACK INTO THE AGENCY FOR A
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MIDDLETON ABBOTT TO BASED UPON FIVE FAX -->> MOTION TO APPROVE. ANY DISCUSSION? NONE. REGISTER THE VOTE. PASSES, 6-1. THANK YOU. ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. DOES ANY AGENCY MEMBER HAVE ANY EX PARTE FOR ITEM FOUR?
>> OKAY. MY NAME IS BILL LEWINSKY AND I'M HERE TO DISCUSS HER APPLICATION FOR ZONING VARIANCE 23 THREE DASH 17 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 920 FRANCIS STREET. OKAY.
WRONG ONE. OKAY. WHY I AM HERE IS TO DISCUSS THE VARIANCES BECAUSE MY WIFE AND I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A FAMILY DWELLING UNIT IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE , AN UNUSED GARAGE THAT WE USE FOR STORAGE RIGHT NOW. THE PROPERTIES OWNED BY MY DAUGHTER, MY WIFE AND I AND MYSELF , I WISH I WAS NOT SO NERVOUS RIGHT NOW. I GET THE SHAKES ALL THE TIME. BUT ANYWAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK TREVOR STEVENS, FIRST OF ALL BEFORE I FORGET BECAUSE HIS INPUT WAS VALUABLE IN GETTING THIS PRESENTATION READY AND YOUR STAFF WAS REMARKABLY KIND PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AND HE IS KNOWLEDGEABLE AND IT IS JUST INVALUABLE. BUT IN TRYING TO GET A FAMILY DWELLING UNIT FOR THE PROPERTY WE HAD TO GO FOR THE VARIANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ENCROACHMENT OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACK AND BY CODE IT SHOULD BE EIGHT FEET BUT IT IS ONLY 1.3 FEET. I WILL EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS. BACK IN THE '50S NINE 2970 WAS BOUGHT BY A FAMILY IN THE 1950S AND THEY LIVED THERE AND THEY BUILT THE GARAGE IN 1963 WITHOUT CONCERN TO THE PROPERTY LINES BECAUSE THEY OWN BOTH OF THE PROPERTIES. THE GARAGE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1963. MY DAUGHTER AND I AND MY WIFE OWN IT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT A FAMILY DWELLING UNIT ON THERE BUT WE HAVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OF THE SET BACK BEING SHORT AND THAT IS WHY I'M HERE, SEEING IF YOU CAN PASS A VARIANCE FOR IT. OKAY. THIS IS A PICTURE OF AN
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AREA VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT THE UNIT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS THE UNIT WE WANT TO CONVERT TO A FAMILY DWELLING UNIT. YOU CANNOT SEE IT IN THE BOX. IT SHOULD'VE BEEN THERE IN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THEPHOTO. >> IT WILL TAKE A MOMENT FOR
HER TO COME BACK UP. >> OKAY. SO, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO CONVERT, YOU KNOW? AND THIS IS THE ZONING MAP. BACK IN 2021 WE WANT TO FOLLOW THE COUNTIES REGULATIONS AND OUR PROPERTY HAD BEEN FORMALLY ZONED AS COMMERCIAL. AS YOU SEE IN THE UPPER BLOCK , THAT IS ONE OF THE LOTS THAT WAS OWNED BY THE FAMILY AND THAT IS STILL COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT IS THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO OURS. WE HAD IT SUCCESSFULLY RE-ZONED RESIDENTIAL ARTISTRY IN 2021 TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNTIES REGULATIONS. DARN IT . OKAY.
THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND WE DON'T SEE ANY ENCUMBRANCE HERE TO PREVENT US FROM , YOU KNOW BUILDING A FAMILY DWELLING UNIT ON THE PROPERTY, WE DON'T SEE ANY USE OF THE COUNTY IS PLANNING FOR THE AREA . THIS IS THE PROPERTY MAP AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, THAT IS WHERE THE GARAGES AND IT IS ACTUALLY SMALLER , YOU KNOW? AND IT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1963 WHEN IT WAS BUILT AND THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THE NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR WITH IT , YOU KNOW? I JUST HOPE YOU WILL APPROVE THE VARIANCE .
AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE AND THE GARAGE AS IT PRESENTLY EXISTS. GOSH. THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO -- THIS IS A LETTER FROM VINCENT WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO ARE SAYING THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH US SEEKING A VARIANCE TO CONVERT THE GARAGE.
I GUESS THAT IS BASICALLY IT AND I AM OPEN FOR ANY
QUESTIONS. >> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. >> THIS WILL BE MY LAST
PRESENTATION. >> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> A FAMILY DWELLING UNIT AND IF IT IS A CRITERIA TO BUILD IT
AS A FAMILY DWELLING UNIT . >> IS ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR? SEEING NONE, WE ARE BACK INTO THE AGENCY FOR EMOTION. -- MOTION.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING VARIANCE ON 920 FRANCIS STREET
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BASED UPON FIVE FINDINGS OF FACT.>> SECOND. HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING ON, LET'S REGISTER THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT.
THE MOTION PASSES. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, YOU DID A GOOD JOB. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, VERNON MILLER. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS ANY X PARTAKE?
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COUNTY ROAD 13 SEVEN . >> I'M KATHLEEN MILLER 871 13
SOUTH. >> WE ARE APPLYING FOR A ZONING VARIANCE FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO BUILD A GARAGE ON OUR YARD. WE WANT TO APPLY FOR FRONT YARD SENT BACK UP FIVE FEET AND A 25 FOOT SETBACK. A SECOND FRONT YARD SETBACK AT FIVE FOOT AND A 20 FOOT SETBACK AND HEIGHT VARIATION THAT EXCEEDS THE MAX HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE THIS IS THE AERIAL MAP OF THE PROPERTY. IT IS A VERY ODD LOT AND I WILL SHOW MORE DETAILS ON THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY LINE DOES NOT GO ALL THE WAY TO COUNTY ROAD 13.
THERE IS THIS RIVERDALE RIGHT-OF-WAY WHICH COSTS THE FRONT YARD AND THE SIDE YARD OF THE SECOND FRONT YARD SETBACK.
BECAUSE OF THE RIGHT WAYS. WHERE THE GARAGES , HERE'S THE PROPOSED GARAGE AREA. IT WILL NOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR OR EVEN VISIBLE FROM COUNTY ROAD 30 TEEN BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS NORTH OF OUR STRUCTURE. THIS IS MY NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY WHERE HE HAS GOT -- IT IS WOODED TO COUNTY WOULD 13 AND BASICALLY THIS IS MY DRIVEWAY . THIS WOULD BE WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THIS UNOPENED RIGHT AWAY AND FIVE FOOT OF THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY. THIS IS A ZONING MAP, RESIDENTIAL THREE. MAP SHOWING THE AGRICULTURAL AREA, FLOOD ZONE . PROPOSED STRUCTURE WILL NOT BE IN THE FLOOD ZONE. AND HERE IS THE USE MAP. THE STRUCTURE WILL BE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF MY HOUSE . YOU REALLY WOULD NOT BUILD ON THE BACKSIDE. THIS IS THE UNOPENED RIGHT AWAY AND MY PUMP HOUSE IS ACTUALLY OVER THE PROPERTY LINE. ALL OF THE WOODS WOULD BASICALLY BE COVERING THIS PROPERTY LINE HERE, I BELIEVE.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH OUR NEIGHBOR AND I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM HIM.
>> ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? >> THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
>> TRIED TO THE UNOPENED RIGHT AWAY VACATED ?
>> I DID. LET ME GO BACK. SO, I COULD WORK WITH MY NEIGHBOR HERE AND GET THIS VACATED BUT THIS ONE , I WISH I COULD , I SPOKE WITH THEM BUT BECAUSE IT IS RIVERFRONT THEY SAID THEY WILL NEVER VACATED GREAT I ASKED FOR EVEN SOME OF IT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO PAVE MY DRIVEWAY BUT I CANNOT PAVE IT , I CANNOT GET A PAVED DRIVEWAY INTO MY YARD. IF THERE WAS A WAY TO DO IT I WOULD TRY. SPEECH THE TOWN OF RIVERDALE DOESN'T HAVE ANY TOWN COMMISSION OR REAL OFFICIALS? DON'T KNOW IF IT IS TRULY A TOWN. IT'S A SIGNPOST BUT THINK THAT ORIGINALLY SEEN AS THE LOTS OVER HERE ON THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY, THERE ARE A LOT OF LITTLE LOTS -- IS THE REST OF THE RIGHT AWAY AND THIS PART WAS VACATED THIS WAS A ROAD. THIS IS ALL A FUTURE PLAN OF BUILDING A TOWN AT SOME POINT, DON'T THINK THEY WILL EVER DO THAT IN THIS AREA, THIS IS ALL VACANT PROPERTY OVER THERE RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY PROPERTY HERE TO THE SOUTH OF THE RIGHT AWAY, THAT IS RIVERDALE PARK.
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>> I THOUGHT I READ SOMETHING IN THE ITEM THAT THIS PREDATES THE CONSTRUCTION OF COUNTY ROAD 13?
>> YES, I BELIEVE THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL ROAD.
THANKS. >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY AND I REALLY LIKE IT. BUT THE LAND THAT IS NEXT TO HIS DIRTY LOW AND WET, YOU ARE A LOT HIGHER , RIGHT?
>> DEFINITELY SLOPES TO THE SOUTH.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOD ZONE RIGHT THERE. ANY HURRICANES,
ALL THIS IS UNDERWATER. >> IT WAS A FLOOD ZONE UNTIL LIKE TWO YEARS AGO --
A PROBLEM WITH IT AT ALL. >> HOW BIG IS THE GARAGE?
>> 30 FEET BY 30 FEET. A THREE CAR GARAGE TOLD MY VOTE AND A CAR. THE REASON IT NEEDS TO BE SO HIGH IS BECAUSE THE HOUSE HERE HAS A NINE FOOT EAVE HEIGHT AND IN ORDER TO GET THE BOAT INTO THE GARAGE NEED A 12TH GARAGE DOOR. IT IS 40 FEET ON THE EAST-WEST AND 30 FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH AND THE PROPOSED GARAGE IS ON THE EAST SIDE WHICH IF I PUT THE CABLE END ON THE NORTH SIDE IT WOULD LOOK WEIRD BECAUSE IT IS A STUBBY BUILDING AND IT WILL LOOK KIND OF STRANGE ANYWAY HAVING ADJACENT TO THE HOUSE.
>> WISE AT 40 FEET DEEP? >> FOR ADDITIONAL STORAGE.
>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING ON. IS ANYBODY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE? SEEING THEN WE'RE BACK INTO THE AGENCY FOR
EMOTION. MR. PETER. >> MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING VARIANCE 2023 DOSH 24, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE BASED UPON
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FINDINGS OF FACT. >> IS THERE A SECOND? INAUDIBLE ] SEEING NONE, LET'S REGISTER THE VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES, 6-1, THANK YOU.
>> REALLY THE LETTER? >> YES, IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND.
YOU CAN LEAVE IT THERE. THANK YOU. AUNT ITEM NUMBER SIX , DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE ANY X PARTAKE? MR. RIBBON?
>> HI, MY NAME IS STEPHEN RIPKEN AND I'M REQUESTING A ZONING VARIANCE FOR MY PROPERTY IT 169 RIVER MARSH DRIVE SO I CAN INSTALL A POOL WITH THE SCREEN. IT IS AN UNUSUALLY SHAPED LOT . HERE'S A LOCATION MAP. SMALL COMMUNITY THERE OFF NIGHT ROAD. IT HAS A ZONING IS RESIDENTIAL TWO AND HERE'S AN AERIAL MAP . THIS IS A CLOSE-UP MAP THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE USEFUL TO SHOW AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS AREA IS WHERE I'M PROPOSING TO PUT THE POOL. MY NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH HAS IS THERE BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HE HAS MORE SPACE TO WORK WITH BUT BECAUSE OF MY PROPERTY LINE THAT HAS KIND OF FORCED ME TO MAKE IT A BIT SMALLER AND NARROWER. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS HERE IS A BIG INFLUENCE ON THE SHAPE ALSO. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE VIEW FROM THE STREET. THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL DEVELOPER PUT IN A BRICK WALL AND IT IS COMPLETELY HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS WALLS BECAUSE OF THE TURNING CIRCLE THAT WE USED ON MY
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PROPERTY LINE WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT THE POOL DESIGNER CAME UP WITH HERE. SAY SITE PLAN AND I KNOW IT IS HARD TO SEE BUT I'VE GOT A CLOSE-UP COMING OF THIS AS WELL. THIS GIVES YOU A NICE, CLEAN VIEW OF THAT TURNING CIRCLE AND YOU CAN SEE MY PROPERTY LINE HERE AND THIS WALLTHAT THE DEVELOPER HAS WEAVING IN AND OUT OF MY PROPERTY LINE. I BOUGHT THE HOUSE ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT IT BUT OBVIOUSLY NOW I KNOW THIS IS NOT REALLY MY BACKYARD HERE, THIS IS THE PROPERTY LINE. THIS IS A CONCRETE WALL AND AN IRON FENCE GOING AROUND , WEAVING IN AND OUT OF THE PROPERTY LINE THE PROBLEM IS THE 20 FOOT SETBACK, YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THIS SITE WE ARE LOOKING AT 10 FEET TO THE CONCRETE EDGE AND 17 FEET TO THE WATER'S EDGE. AND THE SHORTEST AREA HERE IS ONLY FIVE FEET AND FOUR INCHES FROM THE CONCRETE EDGE. 10 FEET AND FOUR INCHES FROM THE WATERS EDGE. I ACTUALL THINK IT IS RELEVANT ON AGAINST THE PHYSICAL BARRIER. THE WALL IS MORE THAN 20 FEET AWAY. THAT IS WHY I'M HERE. KIND OF LIKE I GOT STUCK WITH THAT BUT NOBODY CAN SEE IT. THAT IS WHY THINK IT IS A REASONABLE APPLICATION. THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT THE POOL WOULD LOOK LIKE AND YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE PROPERTY LINE HERE COMES IN AND OUT OF THE HEDGES. I HAVE AN LETTER OF APPROVAL FROM THE H AWAY AND I FOUND OUT TODAY HAVE SUPPORT FROM ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS. I'VE SPOKEN TO ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS IN THE VICINITY OF THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE. I PUT A NARRATIVE TOGETHER TO JUSTIFY THE HARDSHIP , THE VARIANCE WILL NOW BE CONCRETE TO PUBLIC INTEREST AS THIS IS HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW AND WE HAVE THE APPROVAL FROM THE H AWAY.IT IS REALLY BY REASON OF UNUSUAL SHAPE THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS EIGHT HAVING NO BACKYARD. IS A CORNER LOT. HOWEVER IT REALLY OPERATES AS A FULLY FENCED BACKYARD FOR OURSELVES IT IS REALLY THE ONLY PRACTICAL AREA WE COULD PUT A POOL OR HAVE ANY OPEN SPACE. NO OTHER AREA CAN FEASIBLY DO THIS. WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE SETBACK WHEN WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FOUR YEARS AGO. THE AREA IN QUESTION HAS GOT A LOT OF LOW HANGING TREES AND THE GRASS DOES NOT EVEN GROW THERE. THIS IS THE FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORS ALSO, THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE BECAUSE IT IS A NICE-LOOKING ADDITION. THAT IS THAT. LIKE A PREVIOUS APPLICANT I LIKE TO THINK THE TEAM HERE BEING VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING ME THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX? WE ARE BACK AT THE AGENCY FOR EMOTION.
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>> MOTION TO APPROVE VARIANCE 2023 -31 POOL AND SCREEN BASED UPON FIVE ENDINGS OF FACT.
>> MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND BY MR. PETER, ANY DISCUSSION? NONE. LET'S REGISTER THE VOTE. THE MOTION
PASSES. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATED.
>> ITEM NUMBER SEVEN , MISSIS CRENSHAW. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY
X PARTAKE ? >> IPOD RESIDENCE WAS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY BUT I'M JAMES ALEXANDER CRENSHAW --
INAUDIBLE ] CAN YOU SPEAK UP? >> YES. I BELIEVE THE APPOINTMENT WAS ON MONDAY BUT I THINK I GOT MOVED TO TODAY AND MY WIFE HAD AN APPOINTMENT --
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FOR A VARIANCE , THE ADDRESSES AERIAL MAP OF THE PROPERTY . ON THE BACK YOU CAN SEE THE ROOFTOP AND THAT IS THE PRE-EXISTING SUNROOM OR SORRY , I APOLOGIZE THE ROOF IS FOR SCREENED IN PORCH CURRENTLY.WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ATTEMPT TO PUT A GLASSED IN SUNROOM AND -- TRYING TO REMEMBER TO BREATHE. THIS IS THE SUNROOM OR WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE A SUNROOM. I BELIEVE MY WIFE HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT THERE IS A PROPERTY LINE THAT YOU SEE AND WE ARE BELIEF TWO FEET AT EIGHT INCHES FROM IT AND THERE ARE -- WHEN HE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY MY OLDER BROTHER HAD ENCOURAGED ME TO LOOK INTO THE PAPERS BECAUSE WE NOTICED THEY WERE BEYOND THE PROPERTY LINE AND ARE REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT CONTACTED THE H AWAY IN THE EXISTING HOMEOWNER SEAN DOTSON AND AT THE TIME THEY INFORMED US THAT THEY WERE -- INAUDIBLE ] IT WAS NOT UNTIL RECENTLY OF TRYING TO GET INAUDIBLE ] DID RUN INTO ISSUE AND NOW IS THE STORY OF WHY WE ARE TRYING TO APPLY FOR THIS VARIANCE. APPRECIATE THE HELP OF EVERYONE HELPING MY WIFE AND I TRYING TO ATTEMPT THIS TASK.
>> THE ZONING VARIANCE IS THAT THERE WETLANDS BACK BEHIND
YOUR PROPERTY? CORRECT? >> YES. WHEN I PURCHASED THE HOME I WAS AWARE THERE IS A PRESERVE BEHIND THE HOME , ONE OF THE REASONS I DISCUSSED ABOUT THE WETLANDS IS THAT I WAS AFRAID , AND THERE IS A GOLF COURSE BESIDE US AND MY BROTHER SAID YOU CAN ALWAYS DEVELOP ON A GOLF COURSE AND I WAS NERVOUS AT THE WETLANDS ARE SO BIG THAT I THOUGHT MAY BE THEY COULD SNEAK HOUSES AND BECAUSE OF THE AREA THAT WE LIVE IN IS SO HIGHLY POPULATED. THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT -- IT WAS STATED ON THE HOA DOCUMENTATION.
>> IS YOUR SUNROOM GOING TO BE THE EXACT SAME FOOT RENT AS
EXISTING SCREENED IN PORCH? >> CORRECT. WE JUST DEMOED THE ENTIRE FIREPLACE TO TRY TO CREATE MORE ROOM FOR OUR 6 MONTH YEAR OLD , MY WIFE WORKS AT HOME AND I ALSO WORK FROM HOME AND WE ARE HOPING FOR IT TO BE A SUNROOM , TO BE LIKE A
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> IT IS 25 FEET ACROSS, WHERE'S THE DOORWAY FROM THE HOUSE TO GO INTO THE SUNROOM?
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FOR THE DOOR FROM THE HOME INTO THE SUNROOM , THERE IS A FIREPLACE RIGHT WHERE THIS LIGHTLY MARKED , I GUESS THOSE ARE NUMBERS , THERE WAS A CHIMNEY BUT WE JUST KNOCK THAT DOWN TO CREATE A STANDARD WALL . THERE ARE TWO SLIDING GLASS DOORS . THERE IS ONE SLIDING GLASS DOOR THERE AND ONE SLIDING GLASS DOOR THERE FOR THE NOW SCREENED IN PORCH.>> WANTED TO JUST MAKE THAT WERE THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR IS . GOOD POINT. I DON'T THINK I EVER THOUGHT OF THAT BECAUSE -- I HAVE NOT GIVEN THAT ANY THOUGHT.
>> WHAT YOUR INTENT WAS TO GET YOU TO KEEP THE SAME FOOTPRINT THOUGH? PINCHER AND MY FIRST THOUGHT IS THAT I WOULD INCUR MORE COST BUT I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE NO FAX FOR THAT. SO, YEAH.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OR ANYBODY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? SEEING THEN WE ARE BACK AT THE AGENCY FOR EMOTION. MISS BIEGEL?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING VARIANCE 202-39 .
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>> SECOND. >> MOTION FOR APPROVAL. LET'S REGISTER THE VOTE . THE MOTION PASSES, 5-1.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL
DAY. >> ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY EX PARTE?
>> I HAD A SITE VISIT AND I SPOKE WITH DAVE .
>> I SPOKE WITH MR. WESTBROOK EARLIER THIS MORNING ABOUT THE
SUPPLICATION. >> ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. WESTER ABOUT THE ZONING VARIANCE THIS MORNING. GO
AHEAD. >> BRAD WESTER, ONE INDEPENDENT DRIVE SUITE 1200 IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. I WILL GET RIGHT INTO IT FOR THE SAKE OF TIMELINESS BUT YOU GUYS ARE GOOD TODAY. I HAVE THE OWNERS HERE WITH US AND THEN MY ARCHITECT AND GENERAL CONTRACTOR HERE AS WELL. THIS IS A ZONING VARIANCE TO ALLOW FRONT YARD SET BACK 15 FEET FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HOME. REPLACE THE HOME THAT WAS BUILT IN 1955. THIS IS A MAP OF THE AERIAL. THIS IS ABOUT ONE YEAR OLD AND THIS IS THE CURRENT AERIAL. SEE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN DEMOED AND REMOVED. HERE'S THE ZONING MAP, WE GOT RESIDENCY ZONING USE AND TO SEE THE ZONING AND OF COURSE THE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION CONTROL LINE. ALL OF THE PROPERTIES ARE SEABOARD OF THAT. HERE'S THE SURVEY. BUT
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THIS HAS THE PREVIOUS AS BUILT CONDITION INCLUDING THE TYPOGRAPHY. YOU SEE THE BOUNDING EXTENDING PAST OUT INTO THE BEACH AREA PAST THE BULKHEAD AND THEN THE EXISTING STRUCTURES AND OF COURSE THE ADJACENT ONES AS WELL. THE NEXT SCREENSHOT I HAVE ZOOMED IN, THIS IS AN OVERLAY. THE RED IS REFLECTIVE OF THE PREVIOUS HOME THAT WAS THERE AND THEN THE BLACK LINE IS THE PROPOSED FOOTPRINT OF THE NEW HOME. HERE IT IS IN A CLOSER CONTEXT AND YOU CAN SEE THE RED. THIS WAS THE GARAGE , WAS 14.2 FEET FROM THE FRONT BOUNDARY. THAT WAS THE AS BUILT LEGAL NON-CONFORMING CONDITION PREVIOUSLY. WE MOVE THE BUILDIN BACK IN FOR CLOSING IT TO MEET 15 FEET WHICH IS GENERALLY THE DRIVEWAY STANDARD , SEPARATION STANDARD FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE.GENERALLY THE HOMEOWNERS WANTED TO RENOVATE AND RE-CONSTRUCT THE EXISTING HOME BUT THEY HAD TO BRING EVERYTHING INTO CONFORMANCE AND BY THAT TIME THE FOUNDATION IN THE 1955 BUILDING JUST WAS NOT FEASIBLE. THEY DID A COMPLETE REDO. AS YOU CAN SEE AND I WILL OUTLINE IT HERE, THE RED AND THE BLACK GENERALLY CONFORM TO THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT THAT WAS THERE. THE REAR HERE THAT EXTENDS IS JUST PORCH AREA.
HERE ARE SOME SIDE ELEVATIONS AND I WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS. YOU CAN SEE THE TOPOGRAPHY GOING OUT TO THE STREET, THE CAR IN THE LITTLE UMBRELLA ON THE BEACH. SITTING WITH THE OTHER SHOTS. SEE THE TYPOGRAPHY AND IS A CERTAIN BUILDABLE AREA THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY IN THIS AREA. IN CONTEXT TO THE BOULEVARD IN THE BULKHEAD AND THE BEACH.
THIS WHAT I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO SEE BUT THE MAP IS SHOWING THE TITLE OF LAND ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE BEACH BUT THE USABLE AREA IS ABOUT 6000 SQUARE FEET PLUS OR MINUS.
PREVIOUS HOME BUILT IN 1955 LOOKING AT 14 POINT TWO FEET FROM THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE. WILL BE 15 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, FURTHER THAN THE PREVIOUS AND COMPLIES WITH THE MINIMUM DRIVEWAY STANDARD. THE LIMITED BUILDABLE AREA AND THE PROPERTY PRESENTS AN EXTRA IN A CONDITION . BASED ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE TOPOGRAPHY IN THIS LOCATION IS A SIMILAR FOOTPRINT ORIENTATION AS CUSTOMARILY LOCATED ON THIS PROPERTY. IT MEETS THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND THE CHARACTER IS IN CONSIDERATION WITH OTHER HOMES IN THIS AREA.
INCLUDING OTHER VARIANCES THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED BETWEEN 2571 AND 4412. JUST DESCRIBING OTHER RENOVATIONS AND REDOS OF THE HOUSE IN THE AREA WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE SEGMENT OF TYPOGRAPHY. THIS IS A REQUEST , TO ADHERE TO THE CURRENT FEMA AND BUILDING CODE STANDARDS. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PREVIOUS CIRCA 1955 HOME AND IT IS NOT FEASIBLE BECAUSE THEY TRIPPED THE THRESHOLDS. THIS REQUEST IS NOT CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST AS A CONDITION IS SPECIFIC TO THIS LOT AND THE OWNERS NEED TO REBUILD THEIR HOME IN A SIMILAR FOOTPRINT.
IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE ADJACENT AREA.
THANK YOU. I HAVE MY EXPERTS HERE TO DISCUSS ANYTHING BUT I
WILL TURN IT BACK TO YOU. >> MISS BIEGEL?
>> YES. I HAVE A QUESTION. I DID SPEAK WITH DAVE KRIEGER THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND ARE YOU INTENDING TO KEEP THE BULKHEAD AT THE SAME LEVEL? I'M JUST CURIOUS , TRYING TO GET THE BIG PICTURE BECAUSE YOU SAID THERE WAS A PREVIOUS APPLICATION , IS THAT STILL CONSIDERATION?
>> IT IS. YES. THE CONSIDERATION IS TO KIND OF HAVE A WHOLE KID OUT THERE AND REHABBED THAT FOR RESILIENCE PURPOSES BUT GENERALLY WHERE THE HOUSE PAD IS SHOWN ON THIS WISH OF THE PROFILE ELEVATION HAS GENERALLY WHERE IT WILL STAND AND THEN WE ARE ALSO WAITING I THINK KEVIN CONTACTED THE COUNTY THIS MORNING BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO HAVE THIS GRANTED WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE PHASE WHERE WE GET THE LETTER ON THE VARIANCE. DEP DOES NOT WANT US TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE OCEAN AND SO, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE OUR PROPERTY AS CUSTOM AS POSSIBLE TO ANSWER QUESTION THERE WILL BE A TIERED APPROACH AND WE WILL BUILD A NEW BULKHEAD FOR RESILIENCE FACTORS. THERE IS NO OPPOSITION ON THIS. WITH A NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH REACH OUT
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TO THE COUNTY ON HIS OWN FOR HIS OWN TO DILIGENCE TO VERIFY THAT EVERYTHING IS TRUE TO FORM WITH THE STAFF REPORT AND THE WAY THE LAYOUT IS PERS ON-SITE VISITS WITH US.>> A HOUSE ON THE BEACH. >> THANK YOU.
>> BRAD, WHEN WE TALKED EARLIER I ASKED ABOUT A TURNAROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS COULD GET OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND BE FACING THE STREET , I DON'T SEE THAT ON THIS PLAN.
>> WE WILL INCORPORATE THAT. THE NEW STANDARD IS TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF BACKING OUT AND WANT TO INCORPORATE A DRIVER WITH TWO ACCESSES THAT MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD JUST HAVE ONE ACCESS POINT BUT WE LEFT COMPLETE TUNABILITY ON THE PROPERTY FOR CARS TO PULL IN TO A COURTYARD PARKING.
>> THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU.AUDIENCE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? SEEING THEN, WE
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ARE BACK INTO THE AGENCY. >> MOTION TO APPROVE VARIANCE 23 .33 , BASED UPON FIVE FINDINGS OF FACT AND SEVEN CONDITIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
>> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING THEN LET'S REGISTER THE VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES, 5-1.
>> THANK YOU. >> THE LAST ONE IS MR. MILLER ITEM NUMBER NINE, IS THERE ANY EX PARTE FROM AGENCY NUMBERS?
>> I DROVE BY THE SITE. >> MR. MILLER, GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING THIS TODAY. ON BEHALF OF AND. L. CONNOR O'REAR TO PROPOSE FOR RE-ZONE FROM CNN TO RS THREE. ON THE PARCEL HERE LOCATED ON TREASURE BEACH.
THE PROPERTY IS RIGHT HERE AND BACKS UP TO THIS AREA RIGHT HERE. THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO SEVEN LOTS THAT WE RE-ZONED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION IS ON A1A AND TREASURE BEACH ROAD TO THE NORTH. PROPOSED SITE PLAN, WE HAVE DONE FOUR HOMES OUT LATE, ONE ON EACH LOT , ALL CONFORM TO THE CURRENT SETBACKS. THE SETBACKS OF RS THREE. THEN WE SHOW A FOUR IN CONJUNCTION WORKING IN THE REAR AND A1A ON THE FRONT. A QUESTION FROM THE PAST IS ABOUT CARS ENTERING AND EXITING A1A AND WE WILL DO A JOINT DRIVEWAY, SHARED A DRIVER FOR THE TWO LOTS ON A1A WITH AN ABILITY TO TURN AROUND IN THE DRIVEWAY SO THEY CAN EXIT THE ROAD FORWARD. WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A SINGLE-STORY OR SORRY, A TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THE PROPERTY.
SOME DETAILS REGARDING WHAT IS PLANNED TO BE BUILT . WHICH IS FIVE BEDROOMS, THREE BATHS, 1800 SQUARE FEET. THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> YOU HAVE APPEARED BEFORE US IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO WITH SIMILAR RE-ZONING'S.
>> YES, SIR. >> I THOUGHT SO. SO YOU WILL BUILD PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE.
>> YES, SIR. >> I VOTED FOR THOSE BEFORE EVEN THOUGH THE TRAFFIC ON A1A IS TERRIFIC AND AS YOU KNOW IT IS GETTING WORSE. BUT IT LOOKS FROM THE AERIAL , IT LOOKS LIKE THIS COULD BE SCRUB OR YOUNGER MARITIME VEGETATION , WHICH ARE BOTH PART OF THE SIX SIGNIFICANT NATURAL COMMUNITIES WITHIN ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND IF THEY ARE YOU HAVE TO PRESERVE 10% OF THAT ON-SITE, ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO THAT IN YOUR
>> OKAY. ARE THERE ANY TORTOISES ON THE SIDE?
>> THERE WERE NOT ANY SEEN ON THE ADJACENT SITE AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY ON THE SITE AS WELL.
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>> WOULD YOU RECOGNIZE THE TORTOISE?
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE
[Staff Reports]
AUDIENCE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER NINE? WE ARE BACK TO THEAGENCY FOR EMOTION. >> MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF REZONING 20 23 E- 19 BASED ON FOUR FINDINGS OF FACT . WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL IN THE SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, LET'S REGISTER THE VOTE GRADE . THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ONTO STAFF REPORTS.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON THE COMMENT THAT DR. HILL'S AND BERG MADE AT THE BEGINNING DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT WITH RESPECT TO STAFF I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENT YOU MADE AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM SOME ACCOLADES ON THE RECORD WHILE WE ARE HERE. THEY NOT ONLY DO THE STAFF REPORTS, THEY DO ALL OF THE REVIEWS AND WRITE THE STAFF REPORTS AND GET THEM TO YOU AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN WHAT I HOPE A
[Agency Reports]
TIMELY MANNER. THEY MEET WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON A REGULAR BASIS , THEY WORK THE FRONT COUNTER AND THEY ALSO ATTEND VARIOUS MEETINGS AT VARIOUS TIMES OF THE DAY. I FIND THE PLANNING STAFF RIGHT NOW TO BE REMARKABLE AND I'M PROUD OF THEM AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SAYING WHAT YOU SAID AND THINK THE AGENCY FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO FOR US. THANKYOU. >> THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE
GREAT . >> I WANT TO COMMENT AS WELL AND THE STAFF. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF CALLING OUT TO OTHER PLANNING AND ZONING AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING AND HOW THEY MITIGATE ALL OF THAT. OUR COUNTY TOTALLY HAS THE CREAM OF THE CROP FOR HELPFULNESS , ANSWERING YOUR
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.