Commission approves variance to replace Baxter Point mobile home despite flood‑risk objections; opponents urge delay pending resiliency review

Commission approves variances for Baxter Point mobile home replacement; public commenters and one commissioner urged delay for resiliency review.

The Land Planning and Land Development Regulation Commission approved by a 5‑to‑1 vote a recommendation to County Council to allow seven variances enabling a smaller replacement manufactured home, a new porch and continued use of an existing small shed on a heavily constrained lot in the Baxter Point Fish Camp along the St. Johns River.

Nut graf: The application prompted an extended exchange about flood risk, septic permitting and sea level rise. Staff and the applicant said the lot is legally vested and physically constrained; environmental permitting did not object, but at least one commissioner and several residents urged delaying approval until the county’s Natural Resource Advisory Committee and resiliency planning complete further work.

What the case requested Staff described seven variances (V25‑035) to allow a proposed 480‑square‑foot replacement mobile home, a 400‑square‑foot…