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Planning board approves setback exception at 609 Tenth Street
Summary
The City of Port St. Joe Planning and Development Board approved a special exception to allow a building at 609 Tenth Street to remain in line with an existing structure despite encroaching on the setback, after the applicant said the house built in 2021 previously received approval.
April 1, 2025 — The City of Port St. Joe Planning and Development Board voted to approve a special exception allowing construction that will align with an existing structure at 609 Tenth Street, a board member announced during the board’s April 1 meeting.
The exception affects lot setback requirements for the property. The applicant said he previously built a structure at the address in 2021 and is proposing another building in line with the earlier work. “I have a building that there back in 2021. Had to set back through. We're 3 foot off the line,” the applicant said, describing the prior approvals and the current proposal.
Board staff told the board the measured setback requirements at the site differ from the applicant’s current placement. According to staff comments recorded in the meeting, the current setback standard for the location is seven feet, the property’s existing encroachment measures about 30 inches, and the proposed work would change the space to roughly four and a half feet between structures. The board discussed whether any neighbors objected and staff said there were no objections on record.
A motion to grant the special exception was made and carried; the transcript records a board member saying, “Motion carries out there.” The mover and second were recorded only by first names in the meeting record and a vote tally was not provided in the transcript.
The item occupied only part of the meeting; board members did not identify follow-up tasks or conditions in the transcript beyond the motion’s approval. The board did not cite any state statute, ordinance, or other legal authority by name during the discussion recorded in the transcript.
Details that were stated at the meeting: the applicant said the earlier structure was approved in 2021; staff described the local setback as seven feet and noted an existing 30-inch encroachment; neighbors were reported as not objecting. The transcript does not provide a roll-call vote or a motion text verbatim.
