[1. ZVAR 2025-23 Conner Variance. A request for a Zoning Variance to Table 6.01 of the Land Development Code to allow for a Front Yard setback of ten (10) feet in lieu of the required twenty-five (25) feet to accommodate a single-family residence in RS-3 (Residential, Single-Family) zoning, specifically located at 9031 A1A South.]

SEEING 99. ITEM ONE BUT WE NEED EX PARTE BEFORE TIM CONNER COMING ORDER

IF. ANY EX PARTE ON THIS ITEM? >> I VISITED THE SITE

>> MR. OLSON I SKRZED ON MARCH SECOND. >> A SITE VISIT AND A CONVERSATION AND GOT TO WALK IN THE BACKYARD AND SEE THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.

I DRIVEN BY DIFFERENT TIMES AND NOTED THE PROPERTY. ANY ELSE.

MR. CONNER. THIS IS ZONING VARIANCE FOR YOUR PROPERTY.

COME FORWARD AND -- LET US HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

I LIKE TO THANK Y'ALL FOR HEARING MY REQUEST. AND I LIKE TO SAY WHATEVER THE

DECISIONS MADE HERE TODAY I WILL RIGHTFULLY RESPECT. >> COULD YOU SPEAK IN THE MIC

MORE. >> OKAY. >> DIRECTLY.

>> AND I HAVE A WRITTEN REQUEST HERE WITH ITEMSOS IT I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH.

AND THEN PICTURES, PHOTOS OF OF THE PROPERTY I'D LIKE TO SHOW. AND THEN I WILL TRY TO ANSWER

ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. AS BEST I CAN. >>

>> THE VACANT LOT AT 9031. IN SAINT JOHNS COUNTY BUILDING A MODEST SINGLE FAMILY RETIREMENT HOME FOR MY WIFE AND I AND SELECTING THE SITE WE WERE DRAWN TO THE QUIET COASTAL SETTING AND

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NEAR NATURE AMENITIES. AND PURCHASED I WAS UNAWARE OF THE FULL EXTENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SETBACKS AND BUFFERS. THAT APPLY TO THE PARCEL. NOW GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF WETLANDOS THE REAR PORTION AND THE STANDARD 25 FOOT FRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENT WE FACE CONSTRAINTS WHERE WE PLACE OUR HOME. REDUCING THE FRONT SETBACK FROM 25 FEET TO 10 FEET WOULD NOT HARM PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE.

A 10 FOOT FRONT SETBACK STILL PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT SPACE FOR UTILITIES, DRIVEWAY, DRAINAGE AND SAFE SITE LINES FOR VEHICLES ENTERING AND EXITING THE PROPERTY.

ADJACENT HOMES ALONG THESE SOUTH A1A FEATURES SIMILAR FRONT BUILDING LINES THE REQUEST

ADJUSTMENT WILL NOT UNDER MINE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. >> THIS LOT BUILDABLE ENVELOPE IS CONSTRAINED BY NATURAL FEA FEATURES.

75 FOOT OF DEVELOPABLE DEPTH. STRICT APPLICATION OF BOTH A 25 FOOT WET LAND BUFFER AND 25 FRONT SETBACK PRODUCT THE STRUCTURE. THE LOT'S NARROW USABLE DEPTH WITH THE COASTAL ELEVATION CHANGES. TYPICAL OF THE REACH OF A1A.

ASTRONAUTS AN EXCEPTIONAL SITUATION NOT SHARED BY NEAR BY PROPERTIES WITHOUT WETLANDS.

ENFORCING THE STANDARD 25 FOOT FRONT SETBACK WITH THE WET LAND BUFFER WILL CAUSE UNIQUE HARDSHIP. A 25 FOOT BUILDABLE WIDTH MEETS HEALTH, SAFETY, ACCESS ABILITY SPECIAL BUILD PREGNANT COAT. DESIGNING A DWELLING WITHIN A 25 FOOT SPAN EXTREME SACRIFICES IN LIVEABILITY. AND ROOM SIZE. EFFECTIVELY, PREVENTING THE SPIRIT AND PURPOSE OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS HARDSHIP ARISES FROM THE LOTYA PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS NOT FROM ANY ACTION OR CHOICE OF THE OWNER. NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND SAFE GUARD ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.

GRANTING A REDUCED FRONT SETBACK TO 10 FOOT CONTINUES TO RESPECT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GOALS MAINTAINS ADEQUATE SEPARATION FROM THE ROADWAY ALIGNS HOMES PLACEMENT WITH THE BUILDING LINES OF NEAR BY PROPERTIES PRESERVING THE VISUAL HARMONY OF SOUTH A1A.

ALLOWS CONSTRUCTION OF A HOME THAT MEETS COUNTER STANDARDS FOR INTEGRITY.

AND SAFETY. THERE BY FULFILLING THE OVER ARCHING INTENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THIS REASON, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST APPROVAL OF A FRONT SETBACK VARIANCE FROM 25 FEET IT 10 FEET. THIS MODEST REDUCTION ADDRESSES THE UNIQUE CONSTRAINTS OF THE PROPERTY AVOIDS HARDSHIP AND REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH THE

COUNTY'S DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES. >> HERE I HAVE SOME PHOTOS.

OF THE PROPERTY. IT IS THIS LOT HERE. ACTUALLY HALF OF THIS LOT DOWN THIS WAY. THAT'S SOUTH END OF IT. UM -- THIS IS LOOKING THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH. THIS HOME ALREADY HAS A 10 FOOT SETBACK.

THIS HOUSE AS A 12 FOOT SETBACK. AND THIS IS THE PROPERTY WHERE -- I HAVE AND THEN I'M NOT SURE BUT I BELIEVE THIS ONE HAS 15 FOOT SETBACK. THIS IS THE WETLANDS LINE HERE.

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AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN IT GETS TO THIS HOUSE, IT DOES GET BIGGER.

THE PROPERTY LINE GETS BIGGER. AND THIS -- IS -- PHOTO LOOKING NORTH.

AS I SAID, I BELIEVE THESE ARE 15 FOOT -- I KNOW THIS YELLOW HOUSE.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE LAND SHOWING THE WETLAND'S LINE. AND I DO HAVE A PERMIT FOR A BULK HEAD AND THIS IS A -- DIAGRAM OF THE BULK HEAD WOULD BE THE RED.

HERE IS JUST THE SIDE VIEW. MEASUREMENTS. THAT'S YOUR PRESENTATION.

>> YES. >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS.

TISHA. REALLY COOL THING YOU DID. I THINK IT IS GREAT.

>> SITE PLAN. THAT IS THE SITE PLAN. >> I REALLY LOVE THIS.

I KEPT LOOKING FOR WHO DID IT. I THINK THE OWNER DID THIS. I DID THIS, MA'AM.

>> YOU GOT ALL THE ELEVATION ASKS AND WHERE YOU WILL ADD FILL.

ANYWAY I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY CLEVER. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO

SHARE >> THAT WAS A PROCESS. >> I BET IT WAS.

LOOKS LIKE RESEARCH WENT INTO THAT. MY QUESTIONS ARE, SIR, IN YOUR SAID THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FRONT SETBACK CHANGE FROM 25 TO 15 FEET AS STRUCTURES.

SO WHY DID YOU CHANGE IT TO 10 FEET? IS THERE RATIONAL?

>> I WAS TRYING TO GET AS MUCH AS I COULD IN THE BACK. >> BACKYARD?

>> WELL, ON THE BULK HEAD YOU HAVE -- I'M GOING IT BUILD IT OUT OF TREATED TIMBERS AND EACH POLE HAS A DEAD MAN WHAT DO THEY CALL IT A DEAD MAN ANCHOR AND YOU HAVE TO RUN WHAT IS IT, THREADED ROD LIKE A LONG BOLT TO SUPPORT IT. AND YOU WANT THEM AS FAR AS AWAY FROM THE SLAB AS YOU CAN GET THEM. THEY ARE FROM 12 TO 16 FOOT.

>> OKAY. THERE IS A STRUCTURAL REASON. WHEN I WAS OUT THERE I NOTICED

THAT A CAR HAD SWERVED OFF A1A TO THE FRONT OF YOU ARE >> PROPERTY AND KNOCKED OFFER

F DOT POLE. BROKE IT. >> AND SO -- RECENTLY?

>> YEA. IT IS THERE NOW. I WAS GOING TO CALL AND TELL

THEM I DIDN'T. >> IF YOU SEE I'M THINKING FOR ME YOU ARE BETWEEN TWO AREAS THAT COULD FLOOD. RIGHT? WITH THE WETLANDS BEHIND YOU AND ACROSS WITH THE OCEAN. I'M THINKING I WANT MY HOUSE AS MUCH IN THE MIDDLEFUL LOT I

WONDERED ABOUT THE 15 FEET. >> MR. SMITH, WOULD THERE BE AN ABILITY TO SEE IF THE TWO HOUSES TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY DO HAVE 15 FOOT SETBACK? IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS 25.

BUT I'M NOT AN ENGINEER. >> I WILL LOOK INTO THAT. >> THANK YOU.

SIR. IT IS 20? YOU LOOKED.

>> SEE. I HAVE LOVE HAVING LUCI -- OKAY. THOSE WERE MY ONLY QUESTIONS,

THANK YOU, SIR. >> MR. GREENE? >> I HAVE A QUESTION IT IS A STAFF QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE APPLICATION.

I SEE THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING AT 35 FEET. AND I SEE THE ELEVATION LOOKS LIKE IN ONE CORNER IS LOW AS 1.7? YET HE WILL BRING IN FILL AND SO IS HE GOING TO GET IN THE ISSUES WITH THE HEIGHT? OF THE BUILDING? DUE TO THE WAY THE COUNTY MEASURES THE LOWEST POINT ON THE PROPERTY?

>> SO, THE HEIGHT STANDARD IS GOING TO BE TO THE LOWEST GRADE FOR WHERE THE HOUSE IS BUILT.

HE IS GOING THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO MEET THAT STANDARD. I THINK BY PROVIDING 35 FEET HE IS INDICATING HE WILL ACCOMMODATE THE HEIGHT STANDARD REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY.

THIS HE IS IN A FLOOD ZONE. IT WILL NOT THE BE AT THE SLAB HEIGHT TELL BE AT THE LOWEST

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ADJACENT GRADE TO THE HOUSE. YOU NEED TO BE AWARE. I MEAN THIS IS JUST CONCEPTUAL SHOWS 35 FEET THAT IS -- WAY OF I INTERCEPTED IT FROM THE SLAB. WE HAD THAT PROBLEM WITH THE

HOUSE UP ONUS ONE NORTH OFF STOKES ROAD, REMEMBER? >> YES , SIR.

AND SO FOR CLARIFICATION TO THE MEMBERS, WE ARE LOOKING AT A SITE PLAN AND WHEN A VARIANCE FOR A SITE PLAN IS APPROVED WE ARE GRANTING THE RELIEF IN THIS CASE TO THE SETBACK VARIANCE WE ARE NOT GRANTING TO ANY OTHER AND IF THERE ARE ENGINEERING HURDLES THAT WILL HAPPEN THE APPLICANT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT AND THAT IS THE STANDARD IT IS 35 FEET.

PEEK OF ROOF TO LOWEST GRADE. GI WANT HIM TO BE AWARE BEFORE HE DOES THE SET UP.

>> OR BACK IN HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO ADDRESS AT SOME POINT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> MR. LABANOWSKI?

>> JUST QUICK. I LOOKED AT THE HOMES TO THE SOUTH OF YOU.

ONE IS 20 AND THE OTHER IS LIKE 22, MAY BE IN THAT RANGE. BUT NORTH OF YOU IT IS CLOSER TO THE ROADWAY, IT IS YOUR NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH OF YOU HAVE A BULK HEAD?

>> I BELIEVE SO. IT IS ON THE DIAGRAM. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IT IS SHOWING MAPLE TREES IN YOUR DRIVEWAY I ASSUME THAT'S NOT WHERE THEY ARE GOING? NOT SURE. WE -- I HAD NOT GOT THAT FAR YET.

>> AND I KNOW IT IS NOT FOUR INCH TREES ITS PROBABLY FOUR FOOT THAT'S A TYPO.

JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE BULK HEAD AND THE DISTANCE FROM THE ROADWAY AND BEING 10 FEET IT SEEMS SAFETY PURPOSES A LOT BETTER TO HAVE IT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AWAY FROM THAT STREET AS BUSY AS IT IS AND ALL NOISE FACTOR THE ROAD GETS VERY BUSY ESPECIALLY NOW WITH BIKE WEEK.

>> YES , SIR. >> I WOULD RETHINK THAT POSSIBLY TO MOVE IT BACK AN

EXTRA FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THE ROADWAY. >> THANK YOU.

. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS? MR. CHAIR, I WANTED TO MR. CHAIR?

>> SORRY. >> I'M SORRY I WANT TO RESPOND AND CONFIRM WHAT MR. LABANOWSKI SAID. THE TWO HOUSES TO THE SOUTH ARE 25 FEET TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? IF NOT WE ARE BACK IN THE AGENCY FOR MOTION AND DISCUSSION. MR. GREENE.

>> I WILL MOVE IT. >> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING VARIANCE 2025-23 CONNER VARIANCE BASED ON SIX FINDINGS OF FACT AND SIX CONDITIONS PROVIDED IN THE OUR STAFF

REPORT. >> MS. SPIEGEL. >> I WAS GOING TO -- I HAD A DIFFERENT MOTION. A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE? YES. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT MAY BE THE 15 FEET INSTEAD OF 10? IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT? YOU KNOW THE THINGS WE BROUGHT UP I KNOW NOW THERE ARE

ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES. >> YES, MA'AM. >> I WONDERED IF THAT IS

SOMETHING YOU COMPLETELY DISMISSED AS A POSSIBILITY. >> NO MA'AM,

>> I LIKE THE IDEA IT MOVED BACK AWAY FROM THE ROAD A BIT GIVEN MOST OF YOUR ASK BUT NOT

ALL. >> YES, MA'AM. >> I WILL LIKE TO HAVE THE 10

BUT I WOULD BE SATISFIED WITH 15. >> WE WILL WILL SEE HOW THIS

VOTE GOES AND MAY BE TALK ABOUT THAT IF AN ISSUE. >> THAT HOUSE JUST TO THE NORTH TWO HOUSES TO AT THIS TIME NORTH ONE IS 12 FOOT AND ONE IS 10 THOSE ARE ALREADY APPROVED.

GIVEN THAT. I TENDS TO SUPPORT THIS. ITEM MYSELF.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. VOTE.

PASSES 6-1. >> ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS.

[ 2. ZVAR 2025-29 5084 A1A South Pool. Request for a Zoning Variance to Table 6.01 of the Land Development Code to allow for a second Front Yard setback of ten (10) feet in lieu of the required twenty-five (25) feet for a Through Lot located next to an unopened right-of-way to accommodate the placement of a swimming pool in RS-3 zoning, specifically located at 5084 A1A South.]

>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT ITEM TWO. ANOTHER ZONING VARIANCE ON A1A

IN THE EX PARTE? >> MS. SPIEGEL? >> YES , SIR I DID DO A SITE

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VISIT AND THERE IS AN E MAIL THAT CAME TODAY ABOUT THIS. >> YES, THERE IS.

>> MR. LABANOWSKI? >> I VISITED THE SITE WAS PROVIDED AN E MAIL BY THE STAFF.

>> MR. GREENE YOU HAD YOUR. >> I'M SORRY. WELL I WILL CALL ON MR. OLSON.

OKAY. MR. OLSON. VISITED THE SITE ON MARCH SECOND. AND WE HAVE RECEIVED TODAY A LETTER, ALSO FROM A PROPERTY

OWNER. >> INDEED WE HAVE. YES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NICK MC A BEE, YOU ARE UP.

>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON I'M NICK MC A BEE WITH HYDRO POOLS AND PAVERS.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY CLIENT MRS. PATELETHE OWNER OF SAN AND SUNSET.

WE ARE REQUESTING A SETBACK VARIANCE FOR PROSPERITY LOCATED AT 508 FOR, A1 ASOUTH SO -- THE LOT IS ZONED AS A PASS THROUGH LOT. IT SO A1A AND UNOPENED EASEMENT ON THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. WE ARE REQUESTING IN THE OF OUR SETBACK BEING AT THE 25 FOOT CURRENT REQUIREMENT, THAT WE GET THAT REDUCEED A 10 FOOT SETBACK SO WE INSTALL A POOL IN THE

BACKYARD. >> THE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THE PROCESS AND -- CURRENTLY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT REVIEWED IT SAYING THAT EASEMENT WILL NOT BE OPENED. IT IS THEY DETERMINED TELL BE A CLOSED EASEMENT.

WE ARE ASKING THAT THE SECTION BACK HERE. BE REDUCED FROM 25 FEET TO 10 FEET. THIS IS A -- SORRY. A LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND THE FRONT VIEW OF THE LOT. AND THEN THIS IS THE ARIAL SHOT. IF YOU LOOK IN THE AREA THROUGH HERE ALL OF THIS ON THE BACKSIDE IS ALL FOLIAGE AND UNOPENED. THE EASEMENT BETWEEN THERE AND ALTA VISTA WAY IS CLOSED, MAY BE SOME POTENTIAL WALKING PASS PEOPLE USE.

AND THEN -- THIS IS A VIDEO THAT WE TOOK OF THE LOT. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN OUT, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE BACK THROUGH THE BACKSIDE.

UP THROUGH HERE THIS IS THE FOLIAGE BETWEEN THE BACK EVER THE PROPERTY OUR REQUEST IS TO PUT THE POOL IN THAT AREA IN THE FENCED AREA. WE WOULD NOT DISTURB THE FOLIAGE ON THE BACK AND ASKING WE GO IN A NORMAL TRASH LOT SETBACK OF 10 FEET ON THE REAR AND FIVE FEET ON THE SIDE SETBACKS. YOU SEE IT IS ALL UNOPENED. NO PAVED AREAS AND NO THERE ARE NOT ANY SIDEWALKS BACK THROUGH THERE. HERE ARE A FEW STILLS OF THE EASEMENT. SO, I SAID OUR REQUEST WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A POOL ON THE LOT.

WE WANT TO ADHERE TO THE 10 FOOT IF YOU ALLOW US ON THE SETBACK. AND THEN STAY WITHIN THE FIVE PROPERTY SIDE. NOTHING WE WILL DO WILL IMPACT THE NEIGHBORING LOTS THE DRAINAGE AND GRADING EVERYTHING WILL BE REQUIRED WE WILL ADHERE TO THE RELAXATION OF THE CODE WE ASK IS THE REAR SETBACK. AND HERE ARE THE SITE PLAN NOTES THE EROSION CONTROL AND MATERIAL, ANYTHING WE TAKE WE WILL NOT IMPACT DRAINAGE OR CAUSE DRAINAGE ISSUES ON

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NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. WE DON'T EXPECT RETAINING WALLS NEEDED.

AND IF YOU ALLOW US OR IF YOU REQUEST I THINK THERE WAS A CONCERN COMING IN FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WE WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT IN FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY A SCREEN CLOSURE IF THAT WOULD WORK IN THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO ADDITIONAL SAFETY WE ARE WILLING IF WE NEED TO.

THAT IS OUR REQUEST. THANK YOU. MR. OLSON.

>> YEA. A COUPLE QUESTIONS. IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE SUBMISSION FOR THIS THAT THE HARDSHIP THING FLIPPED AROUND. THAT IF THIS IS GRANTED IT WILL NOT CAUSE UNUSUAL HARDSHIPS. THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY THE WAY THAT WE LOOK AT HARDSHIPS AS ON THIS BOARD THAT I UNDERSTAND. IS ALSO. THIS BOARD CAN ONLY CONSIDER UNIQUE PROPERTY CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO ONE PROPERTY THAT CREATE A SPECIAL CONDITION THAT PREVENT THE REASONABLE USE OF THE PROPERTY. SO, WHAT IS THE HARDSHIP HERE?

>> CONSIDERING THAT THE BACK OF OF THE PROPERTY LINE IS GOING TO BE UNOPENED EASEMENT.

IT TAKES AWAY THE USE OF THE REAR PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. PART OF THE OWNERS HAVE A MEDICAL HARDSHIP THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU CONSIDER, PART OF PHYSICAL THERAPY WATER THERAPY IS PART OF MEDICAL USE. BECAUSE THAT EASEMENT WILL NEVER BE OPEN WE WILL NOT IMPACT ANYBODY ELSE. WE FEEL LIKE PUTTING A POOL SHOULD NOT CREATE HARDSHIPS FOR

ANYONE. >> THE OTHER PROPERTIES ALSO HAVE THIS SAME LOT SIDE AND UP

AGAINST AN UNOPENED >> RIGHT. >> RIGHT-OF-WAY.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU, THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS I HAVE IN MY MIND.

>> THERE ARE ABOUT 100 METERS AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST ON THE BACKSIDE OF ALTA VISTA A FEW

PROPERTIES WITH SWIMMING POOLS ON THE SAME EASEMENT. >> AROUND 5043 AND 5049.

FACING @ATA VISTA. WE DON'T HAVE THE MATERIALS OR VARIANCES THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED BUT OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR -- WE DO HAVE THAT ARIAL PHOTO THERE SHOWING THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNOPENED RIGHT-OF-WAY THERE ARE FOUR POOLS.

ON THE EAST SIDE AT JUST TO THE NORTH AND EAST. >> I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT.

THERE ARE FOUR THAT ARE HAVE BEEN I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE GRANTED OR IF THEY PUT THEM IN

OR WHATEVER. >> I HAVE AN IMAGE I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN DISPLAY IT UP THERE.

>> RIGHT HERE. OKAY. SO -- THE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS IS OUR PROPERTY. AND THEN LIKE I SAID 100 METERS NORTHEAST.

TERE IS THREE MORE POOLS THERE. I THOUGHT IN THE STAFF REPORT IT SHOWED A PHOTO THAT HAD FOUR.

YEP. FOUR BLUE STARS SHOWING THE POOLS THAT IS FINE.

3 OR 4. HAS HER FULL NOTEBOOK HERE. GOT IT ALL.

THERE IS ONE CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY SPECIAL THREE FURTHER NORTH AND EAST.

THE LOTS ARE BIGGER IT IS TRUE. THEY DON'T FRONT RIGHT A1A AND LARGER LOTS.

THEY PROBABLY DID NOT GET A VARIANCE. SO.

I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION. WHEN THIS VIDEO YOU SHOWED THERE WAS NO TRESPASSING SIGN.

LOOKED OLD, WAS THAT PUT ON THE PROPERTY LINE OR BACK IN THE UNOPENED RIGHT-OF-WAY?

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I'M NOT SURE IT IS NOT ON OUR PROPERTY LINE MAY BE IT GOES TO ANOTHER PROPERTY TO KEEP

PASSERBIES TO KEEP FROM CUTTING TO THE LOT. >> THIS IS IS OFF SUBJECT YOUR VIDEO SHOWED NICELY TWO INVASIVE EXOTIC SPECIES ON THE PROPERTY. AND ANOTHER TREE OF HEAVEN OR CHINESE TALLOW TREE. BUT CHINESE -- I DON'T KNOW COMMON NAMES THAT WELL.

>> WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY COULD DO AWITH THOSE THAT WILL NOT AFFECT MY VOTE.

>> OKAY. >> THANK YOU >> YOU TELL ME WHICH ONE WE WILL

MAKE IT DISAPPEAR. >> SURE. >> MISS SPIEGEL.

>> JUST BRIEFLY. SO IF YOU ARE NOT GRANTED THIS VARIANCE CAN YOU PUT IN A POOL?

>> NO MA'AM. THIS IS IT. THE POOL OR -- AND THEN NEXT TWO HOUSES BUILT BY THE SAME PERSON ONE BOUGHT THE FIRST DOES NOT AIR B & B RENTALS PROPERTY SIGN FOR THAT HOUSE AND THE OTHER ARE FOR SALE? SO IF WE GRANT THIS VARIANCE DO YOU THINK WE HAVE THE OTHER TWO COMING BACK FOR A VARIANCE WANTING A POOL FOR THEIR RENTAL

BEACH RENTAL. >> I GUESS IT DEPENDS ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO MOVE TO THAT AREA I WOULD WANT A POOL. I WOULD THINK SO. IT IS A SMALL LOT TO PUT IN A POOL I'M HESITANT. COULD I ASK MR. SMITH A QUESTION OR -- UNOPENED RIGHT-OF-WAY WILL THAT BE TURNED INTO NOT AN OUN OPENED RIGHT-OF-WAY IS THIS PLATTED OR ON SOMETHING THAT IS

PART OF THE COUNTY'S -- >> SORRY TO CATCH YOU ON THE WAY OUT.

>> [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE OLDER PLATTED RIGHTS OF WAY THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ON LOCAL ROADS UNLESS A PRIVATE ENTITY WANTS TO BUILD THIS FOR THEIR NEED WHICH WILL BE ATYPICAL FOR THIS SITUATION, THERE IS NO PLAN THE COUNTY DOES NOT SPEND ANY OF OUR TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS TO OPEN UP THE OLD ARE PLATTED RIGHTS OF WAY WE SPEND FOR MITIGATION LARGE SCALE IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDING LANES AND THINGS OF THAT NOT FOR OPENING UP ACCESS WAYS TO THE OLDER PLATTED SUBDIVISIONS THAT EXIST. UNLESS A PRIVATE OWNER PULLS PERMIT AND PAVE IT TO STANDARD WE WOULD NOT SEE ANYTHING IN TERM IT IS OF OPENING UP THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY. MORE OFTEN WE SIGH LATER ON RIGHTS OF WAY VACATIONS OCCUR IN PLACES LIKE THIS. THE OWNER COULD PETITION THE COUNTY TO VACATE THAT

RIGHT-OF-WAY. >> CERTAINLY, IF OWNER HAD THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES CONSENT THAT

COULD GO BEFORE THE BOARD. IT WOULD REVERT TO OWNERS. >> OKAY.

>> GOOD. >> THANK YOU. ANSWER OKAY.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?

>> WE ARE BACK IN THE AGENCY FOR A MOTION AND DISCUSSION. MR. MATOVINA.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE VARIANCE 2025-29 POOL BASED ON SIX FINDINGS OF FACTS

AND SIX CONDITIONS PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. >> MR. GREENE?

>> I WILL SECOND IT AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I THINK I WANT TO SAY TO THE NORTH WE DID

ALMOST THE SAME THING. WE DID A VARIANCE. >> PRETTY CLOSE.

>> YEA. I'M NOT SURE IF NORTH OR SOUTH BUT TRYING TO THINK.

>> AND I THINK HE'S GOT THE HARDSHIP BECAUSE OF EASEMENT BEHIND IT.

>> CORRECT. >> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, LET'S VOTE.

ALL RIGHT THAT MOTION PASSES 6-1. CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. YOU GET THE POOL. JURY ROOM ITEM THREE ANOTHER

[ 3. ZVAR 2025-36 O'Connell Residential Swimming Pool. Request for a Zoning Variance to Table 6.01 of the Land Development Code to allow for a reduced Front Yard setback of ten (10) feet in lieu of the required twentyfive (25) feet and to allow for a reduced Side Yard setback of four (4) feet in lieu of the required eight (8) on a Corner Lot located in Residential, Single Family (RS-3) zoning to accommodate construction of a swimming pool, located specifically at 903 Prince Road.]

ZONING VARIANCE. EX PARTE ON THIS ONE? MS. SPIEGEL?

>> YES, THE SITE VISIT, SIR. >> MR. LABANOWSKI? I DID A SITE VISIT.

>> MR. OLSON? >> SITE VISIT ON MARCH [INAUDIBLE].

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I THINK WHEN I TOUCHED THE SCREEN IT -- CUT SOMEBODY OFF. ANYONE ELSE? EX PARTE? OKAY. SEEING NONE.

CHRISTOPHER O'CONNEL COME FORWARD. RESIDENTIAL SWIMMING POOL.

POOLS ARE REALLY POPULAR. >> YEA. AM I GOOD TO GO.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON I'M CHRIS O'CONNELL 903 PRINCE ROAD. THIS IS MY APPLICATION FOR VOCA VOCABULARYING ZARNS FOR A SWIMMING POOL FOR MY FAMILY'S

USE. >> ESPECIALLY FOR MY MOTHER'S HEALTH NEEDS.

>> A BIT ABOUT THE PROPERTY, MY HOME IS ON THE CORNER OF PRINCE ROAD AND WARLER ROAD.

ZONING IS RS3 THE WEST HALF OF LOT 2026 AND ALL OF 2727 AND 2728 THERE IS AN EXISTING HOME BUILT IN 1984. FOR THE VARIANCE WE ARE REQUESTING RELIEF ON THE MAIN FRONT ROAD FROM 25 FEET TO 10 FEET. AND AUTOINTERIOR SIDE YARD FROM EIGHT TO FOUR FEET. THIS IS PROPOSED SITE PLAN. POOL WILL BE IN THE SIDE YARD.

FULLY BEHIND EXISTING FENCING AND LANDSCAPE FOR PRIVACY. THE KEY MEASUREMENTS THE 10 FEET AND THE FOUR FEET FROM THE EASTERN SIDE WHERE THE VARIANCE COME IN.

AND I HAVE THOSE MARKED IN YELLOW ON THE SITE PLAN. ALL POST CONSTRUCTION, THE

IMPERVIOUS SERVICE RATIO AROUND 43.68% UNDER THE 70% MAX. >> TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF SITE HERE ARE ARIAL AND STREET VIEWS. AS SHOWN THE POOL WILL BE COMPLETELY INVISIBLE FROM THE STREET THANKS TO FENCING. THERE WILL NOT BE TRAFFIC OR VISUAL ISSUES.

AND THAT TOP RIGHT PHOTO WHERE THE POOL WOULD BE AND THAT BOTTOM RIGHT IS A SHOT LOOKING DOWN MY PROPERTY SHOWING IN THE FENCED IN AREA WE ARE PROPOSING THE POOL.

YOU CAN SEE THE BACKYARD THERE IS NO ROOM FOR A POOL ANYWHERE ON EASTERN SIDE.

THIS IS A SHOT FROM STANDING AT THE CORN BE OF PRINCE AND WARLER THAT IS PROPERTY LOOKING DOWN AND MY POOL WOULD BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE. THIS PICTURE IS LOOKING UP THE ROAD TOWARD PRINCE ROAD. THAT IS MY PROPERTY WITH THE WHITE FENCE.

ADJUSTING THE HARDSHIP AND EXCEPTIONAL SITUATION, THE CORNER LOT BURDENS ME DUAL FRONT SETBACKS 25 FEET AND 20 TO PRINCE LIMITS THE DEPTH ENFORCEMENT WOULD RESTRICT ME IS FROM THE 1954 PLAT AND EXISTING UTILITIES. MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC IN SPIRIT OF THE CODE THIS IS A STANDARD USE RS THREE ZONE WITH NO HARM TO THE PUBLIC.

ZERO VISIBILITIOR TRAFFIC IMPACTS IT IS FENCED IN. ALINES WITH THE GOALS FOR ORDERLY GROWTH AND FAMILY WELL BEING OVER ALL THIS LOW IMPACT DESIGN ENHANCES NEIGHBORHOOD AND

PRESERVES ITS CHARACTER. >> ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE SUPPORT FROM ADJACENT NEIGHBORS.

THIS INCLUDES STEVE SEA MORE. ART MAY, JOHN MORRIS, AMY, AND I HAVE THEIR SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS THAT THEY DID SIGN. HERE ARE SUPPORT LETTERS FROM NEIGHBORS THEY EXPRESS FULL SUPPORT NOTING THE POOL IS BEHIND FENCING WITH NO IMPACT ON VISIBILITY, PRIVACY.

TRAFFIC OR THEIR PROPERTIES THEY AGREE IT FITS COMMUNITY GOALS WITHOUT ADVERSE AFFECTS.

IN SUMMARY, THIS VARIANCE IS RELIEF FOR USE OF MY PROPERTY DUE TO THE LOT AND UTILITY

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CONSTRAINTS I'M COMMITTED TO A DESIGN, SAFETY FEATURES AND NO FURTHER IMPACTS.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE I HAVE A FULL TIME JOB AND A FULL TIME CARE GIVER FOR MY MOM.

SHE IS 81 HAD MS FOR 45 YEARS THIS POOL IS LIKE THE MAIN REASON I'M TRYING TO PUT THIS IN. IT WILL ALLOW HER TO EXERCISE WITHOUT FALLING AND HELP WITH HER WELL BEING, BEING ABLE TO BE OUTSIDE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION

AND AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. LABANOWSKI.

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK IS ABOUT THE CANOPY TREES. YOU REMOVED THEM SINCE I WAS

OUT. IS THAT ONE STAYING ON THE CORNER. >> ABSOLUTELY.

WE PRESERVED THAT ONE. THAT'S WHY THE POOL MOVED THAT WAY TO KEEP THAT OLDER OAK TREE.

I DID MENTION THERE IS MY WATER LINE RUNS THAT IS UTILITY CONSTRAINT THAT'S WHY THE POOL

MOVED THAT WAY. >> THANK YOU. >> NO MORE TREES I DON'T WANT

TO TAKE DOWN ANY MORE >> >> OTHER QUESTIONS?

ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER? >> SEEING NONE.

BACK IN THE AGENCY FOR MOTION AND DISCUSSION. MR. MATOVINA! MOTION TO APPROVE O'CONNELL RESIDENTIAL SWIMMING POOL ON SIX FINDINGS OF FACT AND SIX CONDITIONS PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSIN? LET'S CAST THE VOTES.

PASSES 6-1. CONGRATULATIONS. ITEM 4, TAKE EX PARTE ON THIS?

[ 4. REZ 2024-09 401 E. Ashland Avenue. A request to rezone approximately .56 acres of land from Open Rural (OR) to Residential, Single Family (RS-3) to allow for one (1) single family home.]

>> I DID DO A SITE VISIT ISSUE SIR. >> MR. LAB 62

>> A SITE VISIT AS WELL. >> SEEING NO OTHER EX PARTE. I ASSUME YOU ARE LAURA LESLIE.

>> I'M LAURA LESLIE COMPANY IS SHE BUILDS. I'M REPRESENTING THE OWNER OF 401 ASHLAND AVENUE. THEY PURCHASED THIRD DS LOT IN JANUARY OF 2021.

IT IS OUT LINED IN GREEN. IT WAS SPLIT FROM THE ONE ABOVE IT.

LOOKS LIKE THIS IS MY DETECTIVE WORK. IT WAS SPLIT IN -- 1989 AND SPLIT AND GIVEN TO A FAMILY MEMBER. IT WAS SOLD AND THEN SOLD IT TO -- THE ASHLAND AVENUE TRUST. WHEN WE WENT TO PERMIT THAT HOUSE WE FOUND IT IS ZONED OR.

THE GREEN IS OSHG R. OUR PROBLEM IS THAT WITH THAT ZONING OF OR WE CAN'T FIT ACREAGE TO DO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO, WHEN THE CURRENTLY OWNER PURCHASED THE LAND THERE WAS NO QUESTION ABOUT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

YOU SEE THERE ARE A BUNCH OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND I STARTED A FEW THAT ARE IN THE OR ZONING THAT DON'T APPEAR TO MEET THE CURRENT STANDARDS NOW. -- WHAT HE IS PROPOSING IS DO ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THAT LOT. THE LOT IT WAS SPLIT FROM DID HAVE A HOME ON THAT LOT. AND IT APPEAR THERE WAS A LOT ON THERE FROM 1991 TO 2023 BUT IT IS GONE. HE LOOKING FOR ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON HIS LOT FACING DALLAS STREET. THIS IS JUST A QUICK DRAWING OF WHERE HE PLANS ON PUTTING THE HOUSE TO SHOW IT WILL HAVE ALL SETBACKS MEETS ALL SETBACKS FOR OR.

AND RS3 AM YOU SEE IF HE BUILD ITS ON THIS LOT IT WILL STILL MEET ALL THE CRITERIA FOR OR

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BUILD OTHER THAN THE FACT IT IS HALF AN ACRE IN THE OF A FULL ACRE.

THIS IS A PICTURE FROM THE STREET. IT IS ALREADY CLEARED WE WOULD NOT TAKE DOWN A BIT OF CLEANING NO TAKING DOWN MORE TREES ARE PLANNED.

YOU SEE WHERE OLD HOUSE WAS THERE THERE IS A TRACTOR NOW. AND THEN EAST ASHLAND IS A DIRT ROAD AT DALLAS STREET GOES DOWN THE ROAD THERE AND THAT ONE THERE ARE TWO LITTLE HOMES THAT DON'T MEET THE ZONING FOR OR, EITHER. IF I COULD GO BACK AND SHOW YOU -- AGAIN. WHERE IT IS ZONED RS THREE ALL THE WAY DOWN CARTER AND BETWEEN CARTER AND EAST ASHLAND AND THE STREET IN FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY.

IT IS SHOWING IS RS3 IN THE MAPS. IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THIS SINGLE FAMILY HOME -- WILL BE A PERFECT FIT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WILL FIT IN WITH WHAT IS CURRENTLY THERE. THIS IS ALSO AN AREA IN HASTINGS IF YOU WERE THERE YOU SEE THE AREA IS DEFINITELY THERE IS A LOT TO BE THERE WILL BE A LOT HAPPENING THERE WITH THE BIKE PATH AND EVERYTHING GOING ON IN HASTINGS. I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE BUILDING NEW HOMES THERE, TOO. WE THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

MR. LABANOWSKI. I ASSUME THIS WILL BE A RENTAL UNIT?

>> NO. I AM DOING THE PERMITTING FOR THIS INVESTOR HE SELLS THE

HOUSES HE BUILDS. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> MS. SPIEGEL. AND NOT THAT THIS IS WHEN WE ARE HERE FOR THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT

IS DALLAS STREET. >> THERE WAS A COMMON -- A DIRT ROAD IN FRONT THAT STARTS AT THE CORNER. IT SEEMED TO FIT BEST. COUNTY AGREED.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD WITH QUESTIONS.

>> SEEING NONE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE? SEEING NONE, WE ARE BACK IN THE

AGENCY FOR A MOTION AND DISCUSSION. >> SQUIFF SEE MR. MATOVINA MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR 401 EAST ASHLAND BASED ON FOUR FINDINGS OF FACT AND ONE

CONDITION IN THE STAFF REPORT. >> SECOND. >> MR. LABANOWSKI SECOND.

>> ANY DISCUSSION? >> SEEING NONE. LET'S VOTE.

>> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU.

[ 5. PUD 2025-05 Henry Orthodontics PUD. Request to rezone approximately 2.96 acres of land from Open Rural (OR) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) to allow for a maximum 29,600 square feet of Neighborhood Business and Commercial uses, located at 5643 State Road 16 and 5645 State Road 16.]

>> ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER FIVE. EXPART O THIS.

A PUD OUT ON STATE ROAD 16 WEST OF BASETY ROAD. AND LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SEVERAL

MR. LABANOWSKI? >> YES, I VISITED THE SITE NUMEROUS TIME ITS DOWN THE STREET FROM ME. AND ALSO ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE I ASKED A FEW

QUESTIONS. >> MS. SPIEGEL. A SITE VISIT AND I DID MAKE A CALL TO CHRISTIAN WHITEHURST TWICE. BUT WE NEVER DID TALK.

>> I VISITED THE SITE ON SUNDAY TOWARD TALLAHASSEE I DROVE BY IT AND BEEN BY MANY TIMES.

ALL RIGHT PRESENTING THIS IS MARK SHELTON. >> COME FORWARD YOU VICE PRESIDENT BIG GUNS BACK THERE WITH YOU. I SEE BILL.

>> HEAVY HITTERS, YES , SIR. >> GOOD AFTERNOON I'M MARK SHELTON.

WITH KIMLY HORN AND ASSOCIATES. 12740 GRAND BAY PARK WAY WEST. SUITE 2350.

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. WITH ME IS DOCTOR HENRY AND HIS WIFE SUZANNE THE OWNERS OF OF

THE PROJECT, THUS HENRY ORTHODONTICS PUD. >> THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A SMALL PUD REZONING HENRY ORTHODONTICS PUD ALONG STATE ROAD 16 NEAR TO THE IGP STATE ROAD 16 INTERSECTION. SORRY. THIS IS ZONED OPEN RURAL O,

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RIDICULOUS. AND CONTAINS TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THE QUESTION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION A OF THE PLAN ONE IT IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TWO IT IS IN KEEPING WITH THE INTENSITY OF THE SMALL SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND THREE DEVELOP IN THE A WAY OR WILL BE THAT DOES NOT INSTITUTE STRIP COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.