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Home My WebLink AboutApproved 012512 Minutes BOA Minutes Page 1 of 4 January 25, 2012 St. Lucie County Board of Adjustment 1 St. Lucie County Administration Building Commission Chambers 2 January 25, 2012 3 9:30 a.m. 4 5 A compact disc recording of this meeting, in its entirety, can be obtained from the Planning 6 and Development Services Department along with these Minutes. A fee is charged. In the 7 event of a conflict between the written minutes and the compact disc, the compact disc shall 8 control. 9 10 CALL TO ORDER 11 Chairman Ron Harris called the meeting to order at 9:30 A.M. 12 13 ROLL CALL 14 Ron Harris ........................................ Chair 15 Diane Andrews ................................. Vice Chair 16 Richard Pancoast ............................. Board Member 17 Buddy Emerson ................................ Board Member 18 19 MEMBERS ABSENT 20 Bob Bangert ..................................... Board Member (excused) 21 22 OTHERS PRESENT 23 Katherine Barbieri ............................. Assistant County Attorney 24 Kara Wood ....................................... Planning Manager 25 Kristin Tetsworth ............................... Senior Planner 26 Beverly Austin .................................. Executive Assistant 27 28 ANNOUNCEMENTS 29 Mr. Bangert is out with an injury. 30 31 Agenda Item #1 – Minutes of November 30, 2011 32 Mr. Pancoast motioned approval of the minutes. 33 Mrs. Andrews seconded and the motion carried unanimously. 34 35 Agenda Item #2 –Harbour Ridge POA for a variance from the provisions of 36 Section 7.05.06 (2)(E), of the St. Lucie County Land Development Code which 37 requires all driveways on the same site to comply with 150 foot separation 38 BOA Minutes Page 2 of 4 January 25, 2012 requirement for a site located within the golf maintenance building complex in 39 the PUD (Planned Unit Development) zoning district. 40 41 Ms. Tetsworth stated the purpose of this variance application is to allow for the 42 construction of a new driveway that will result in two driveways being 114.2 43 feet apart on the same site. On December 20, 2011 the Board of County 44 Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 11-009 granting a 45 major adjustment to the final PUD site plan for the golf course maintenance 46 facility with a condition of approval to obtain this variance within 90 days. The 47 Harbour Ridge DRI Final PUD site plan was approved under Resolution 82-48 172 on December 21, 1982. The building for the storage of golf course 49 maintenance equipment was approved on June 15, 1988 as a minor 50 adjustment to that final PUD site plan. 51 The purpose of the major adjustment to the site plan is to expand the existing 52 golf maintenance building complex. Based on the information presented by 53 the applicant, the parcel of land currently supports three existing buildings that 54 total 21,250 square feet; one 6,250 square foot building will be demolished; 55 and the applicant is proposing to add 18,810 square feet in four separate 56 buildings. The total complex would then be made up of four buildings totaling 57 33,810 square feet within the existing PUD. 58 59 On November 30, 2011 this Board granted a variance for two driveways which 60 did not meet the provisions of Section 7.05.06 (2)(c) of the St. Lucie County 61 Land Development Code, which requires all driveways to comply with a 25 62 foot setback from the property line. One drive way is 21.4 feet from the 63 property line and the second driveway is 21.1 feet from the property line. 64 65 Section 7.05.06 (2)(e), of the St. Lucie County Land Development Code 66 requires all driveways on the same site to comply with a 150 foot separation 67 requirement. Construction of the new driveway will result in the two driveways 68 being 114.2 feet apart on the same site. Therefore, this variance is required to 69 meet the Code and to satisfy the condition of approval in Resolution 11-009 70 adopted by the BOCC on December 20, 2011. 71 72 The problematic reference in this staff report that states it’s 114 feet apart and 73 the variance was not properly noted as being 80 feet instead of 114 feet. 74 75 Mr. Harris stated that was correct, the code says the dimension should be 76 from the nearest perpendicular edges and that edge would be 80 feet. 77 BOA Minutes Page 3 of 4 January 25, 2012 Unfortunately for us, the advertisement addressed the 150 foot variance. The 78 dimension was not specified in the advertisement. So the Board can move 79 forward with this today. 80 81 Ms. Tetsworth continued by stating the variance sought arises from conditions 82 that are unique, yet do not qualify as a hardship as defined in the St. Lucie 83 County Land Development Code. However, staff has reviewed this petition 84 and determined that while it does not conform to a strict interpretation of the 85 standards of review as set forth in Section 10.01.02 of the St. Lucie County 86 Land Development Code, the need for the variance arises from conditions that 87 are unique. The site is completely surrounded by the golf course owned and 88 operated for the benefit of the home owners and residents of Harbour Ridge 89 DRI and has a substantial berm with mature landscaping bordering the 90 perimeter. On December 20, 2011 the BOCC adopted Resolution 11-009 with 91 a condition of approval requiring the property owner to obtain this variance 92 within 90 days. Therefore, staff is recommending Board adoption of BA 12-001 93 granting approval of the requested variance. 94 95 Chairman Harris opened the public hearing 96 Joe Friscia, agent for the applicant stated he made a brief presentation at the 97 last meeting. If there are any current questions, he would answer them. 98 99 There were no questions. 100 101 Chairman Harris closed the public hearing 102 103 Mrs. Andrews asked rather than following the suggested language in the 104 motion, can the Board move to approve the recommendation stated by staff. 105 106 Ms. Barbieri, assistant county attorney stated yes. 107 108 Mrs. Andrews moved to approve staff’s recommendation. 109 Mr. Pancoast seconded. 110 111 The roll was called: 112 Mr. Pancoast Yes 113 Mrs. Andrews Yes 114 Chief Emerson Yes 115 Chairman Harris Yes 116 The motion passed unanimously. 117 BOA Minutes Page 4 of 4 January 25, 2012 AGENDA ITEM #3-Election of Officers 118 119 Mr. Harris opened the floor for nominations for the chair position. 120 121 Chief Emerson nominated the current chair, Mr. Harris. Mrs. Andrews 122 seconded the nomination. 123 124 The roll was called: 125 Mr. Pancoast Yes 126 Mrs. Andrews Yes 127 Chief Emerson Yes 128 Chairman Harris Yes 129 The motion passed unanimously. 130 131 For the position of vice chair the floor remained open for nominations. 132 133 Mr. Pancoast nominated the current vice chair, Mrs. Andrews. Chief 134 Emerson seconded the nomination. 135 136 The roll was called: 137 Mr. Pancoast Yes 138 Mrs. Andrews Yes 139 Chief Emerson Yes 140 Chairman Harris Yes 141 The motion passed unanimously. 142 143 Chairman Harris stated the final selection was for of the Planning & 144 Development Services employee to act as secretary. 145 146 Ms. Barbieri stated the process is to nominate the Planning & Development 147 Services dept. to appoint a secretary for the Board. 148 149 Mr. Pancoast nominated the Planning and Development Services dept. to 150 appoint a secretary. Chief Emerson seconded. The motion passed 151 unanimously. 152 153 OTHER BUSINESS 154 Ms. Wood stated there has been an item submitted for the February agenda 155 so there will be a meeting in February. 156 157 ADJOURN 158 Having no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:41am. 159