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Planning board approves several minor variances: administrative and after-the-fact encroachments handled
Summary
The planning board approved multiple, largely technical or after-the-fact variance requests and easement vacations, including small encroachments and conversions of existing screened enclosures into conditioned space in Sea Colony and an administrative six-inch side-setback encroachment in Hammock Mornings North.
The Flagler County Planning and Development Board approved a group of variance and vacancy requests that staff described as administrative or corrective in nature.
Approved items included:
- A 6-inch (3.3%) right-side setback variance for a completed dwelling at 3544 North Ocean Shore Boulevard (Hammock Mornings North, Lot 11). The encroachment arose after a final survey showed the as-built home sat 14.5 feet from the right property line. The Board of County Commissioners previously vacated the overlapping drainage easement, and an adjoining owner had objected, triggering a planning-board hearing; the board approved the variance after finding the encroachment was due to surveyor error and the lot retained adequate buildable area.
- A 6-foot rear-yard setback variance at 2 C Vista Drive (Sea Colony) to enclose an existing, roofed screen enclosure with windows. Staff said the enclosure has an existing hard roof and the requested change would not expand the footprint; the board approved the variance subject to standard permitting requirements.
- A 10-foot rear-yard setback variance and a 6% lot-coverage variance at 23 Medford Drive (Sea Colony) to legalize an existing roofed screen enclosure and bring the property into compliance with building permits; staff characterized the request as corrective and the board approved it.
- A 1.5-foot left-side setback variance for a pool and pool deck at 41 Atlantic Drive (Marineland Acres) — an after-the-fact encroachment from an approved permit — where staff confirmed the project remained compliant with the special stormwater overlay's impervious-area and retention requirements; the board approved the variance.
All four requests were approved by roll-call vote. Staff noted these items were primarily corrective or administrative when compared with more substantial development proposals, and permit issuance was contingent on meeting the county's building and engineering requirements where applicable.
