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Board approves variance reducing rear-yard setback for Saddlebrook First Plat
Summary
At its Sept. 10, 2025 meeting the board approved case 25029 to reduce the rear-yard setback from 30 feet to 20 feet across 23 lots in the Saddlebrook First Plat to allow larger homes; staff had recommended approval citing site constraints including a landscape buffer and adjacent floodplain.
At its Sept. 10, 2025 meeting, the board approved a variance to reduce the required rear-yard setback from 30 feet to 20 feet for all 23 residential lots in the Saddlebrook First Plat (case 25029), allowing builders to place larger homes on the platted lots.
Staff recommended approval, saying the subdivision’s design and surrounding constraints make replatting to increase lot depth impractical. "Before you this evening is a planning application for a variance of development standard for Saddlebrook First Platte," a planning staff member told the board. The board approved the variance by voice vote after a motion and a second.
The variance applies to a roughly 5.74-acre parcel platted as 23 single-family lots and four tracts in the R-1-P zoning designation, staff said. The request seeks a 10-foot reduction of the standard 30-foot rear-yard setback required by the Unified Development…
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