Port St. Joe planning board grants side‑setback exception for resident's replacement shed

The Port St. Joe Planning and Development Board voted May 6 to approve a special‑exception request allowing resident Jeremy Toll to place a replacement shed at the location of a previous shed on his property.

Toll told the board he had removed a shed that was damaged in Hurricane Michael and placed the new structure where the old one had stood. "I put the flags where the old one was when I tore it down," Toll said. He said he applied for a permit after placing the replacement and that staff informed him the new location did not meet side‑setback requirements. Toll asked the board for the exemption because, he said, "this yard is small enough as it is."

Board members discussed the application briefly, and no written or verbal objections from the public were recorded during the meeting. A motion to approve the special exception was made, seconded and approved by the board.

The board's approval clears the immediate permit barrier described by Toll; the transcript does not specify any additional conditions attached to the approval or identify appeal rights. The board did not cite any specific ordinances or statutes during the discussion recorded in the meeting transcript.

The board handled the item during its regular meeting following approval of the consent agenda.