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Board fails to secure approval for carport setback variance at 2021 SW 30 Eighth Ave (PLNBOA25070005)
Summary
At a Fort Lauderdale Board of Adjustment hearing, the after-the-fact variance request for a carport at 2021 Southwest 30 Eighth Avenue did not receive the votes required for approval. The applicant cited a medical hardship; board members split over whether the variance met the legal criteria.
The Fort Lauderdale Board of Adjustment considered an after-the-fact variance request for a carport at 2021 Southwest 30 Eighth Avenue (case PLNBOA25070005) but did not approve the request after split votes.
Applicant Robert Flowers told the board his carport’s four 4x4 posts extend into his driveway and that the structure provides covered access to his back door. “I have a bad lower back, and I like to pull in, unload my groceries, and go into the back door,” Flowers said, asking the board to allow the existing structure to remain. Neighbor Victor Martin, sworn as…
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