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APPROVED BOA Minutes
September 27, 2017
St. Lucie County Board of Adjustment
St. Lucie County Administration Building Commission Chambers 1
September 27, 2017 2
9:30 a.m. 3
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A compact disc recording of this meeting, in its entirety, can be obtained from the Planning and Development 5
Services Department along with these minutes. A fee is charged. In the event of a conflict between the written 6
minutes and the compact disc, the compact disc shall control. 7
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CALL TO ORDER 9
Chairman Lowe called the meeting to order at 9:30 A.M. 10
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ROLL CALL 12
Bob Lowe... ........................................... Chair 13
Ron Harris... ......................................... Vice Chair 14
Alexander Tommie ................................ Board Member 15
Derek Foxx... ........................................ Board Member 16
Michael Jacquin .................................... Board Member 17
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ABSENT 19
None 20
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OTHERS PRESENT 22
Katherine Barbieri ................................. Assistant County Attorney 23
Jeff Johnson ......................................... Senior Planner 24
Beverly Austin ....................................... Recording Secretary 25
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Staff introduced themselves 27
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ANNOUNCEMENTS 29
None 30
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AGENDA ITEM #1 – MINUTES OF August 23, 2017 32
Vice Chair Harris motioned approval of the minutes as written. 33
Mr. Jacquin seconded and the motion carried unanimously. 34
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AGENDA ITEM #2 – Public Comments 36
None 37
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AGENDA ITEM #3–Petition of Richard Friedrich for a variance to allow for the construction of 39
a single family residence that will exceed the 30% maximum lot coverage by buildings by no 40
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more than 5% as required per Land Development Code, Section 7.04.01(A)-Lot coverage in the 41
RS-4 residential, single family – 4 zoning district. Staff report by Jeff Johnson. 42
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Jeff Johnson, Senior Planner stated applicant Richard Friedrich is requesting a variance to construct 44
a two story single family residence that will exceed the 30% maximum lot coverage by buildings by no 45
more that 5% as required per Land Development Code Section, 7.04.01(A) – Lot coverage in the RS-46
4, Residential, Single Family – 4 zoning district. Staff recommends denial of the variance as it does 47
not arise from conditions that are unique and peculiar from the land and physical surroundings and 48
are created by actions of the property owner. 49
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Chair Lowe opened the meeting for discussion and questions of staff 51
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The Board asked staff if there was a Home Owners Association (HOA) and the answer was no; asked 53
about the setbacks 54
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Mr. Friedrich, the applicant was sworn in and explained the reasons for the requested variance. 56
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DISCLOSURE: 58
Mr. Jacquin stated he knows a few residents that live in the area and were contacted by them to 59
discuss this project. Mr. Chandler, an FPL employee was in favor of this partition; Mr. Yancy who lives 60
next door was also in favor. 61
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Chair Lowe disclosed that he spoke to Senator Pruitt about this petition yesterday by phone and he is 63
against it. 64
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Chair Lowe opened the public hearing 66
Ken Pruitt was sworn in representing the neighbor living at 256 Marina Drive, Alberto Moragues who 67
is against this petition gave reasons for being against it. 68
Chair Lowe closed the public hearing 69
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Chair Lowe returned to the Board for discuss and/or motion. 71
Mr. Jacquin made a motion: After considering the testimony presented during the public 72
hearing, including staff comments, and the Standards of Review as set forth in Section 10.01.02 73
of the St. Lucie County Land Development Code, I hereby move that the Board of Adjustment 74
approve the petition of Richard Friedrich to construct a single family residence that will exceed 75
the 30% maximum lot coverage by buildings in the RS-4 zoning district by no more than 5% on 76
the subject property because it will not impact traffic or decrease the value of the 77
neighborhood. Vice Chair Harris seconded the motion. 78
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The roll was called: 80
Chair Lowe Yes 81
Vice Chair Harris Yes 82
Chief Foxx Yes 83
Mr. Jacquin Yes 84
Mr. Tommie Yes 85
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APPROVED 87
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OTHER BUSINESS 89
Next meeting October 25, 2017 90
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ADJOURN 92
Having no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:58 am. 93
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