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Board grants 50% tree‑protection variance for US‑1 auto sales/repair site after wetlands mitigation
Summary
The Planning and Development Board approved a variance reducing the county's tree preservation requirement from 70% to 20% for a nearly 1‑acre commercial site on U.S. 1 that required wetlands mitigation and substantial fill (Project 2025020045).
The Flagler County Planning and Development Board on March 11 approved a variance that effectively reduced the tree preservation/replacement requirement from 70% to 20% for a proposed auto sales and repair site at 3825 U.S. 1 (Project 2025020045).
Simone Kenny, county planner, told the board the parcel is about an acre and was roughly 97% wetlands prior to mitigation. The applicant obtained mitigation and permits from the St. Johns River Water Management District and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) in 2023. Those state‑level permits and the engineered site design preceded an update to Flagler County’s tree protection ordinance (Ordinance 2406) that increased required preservation/replacement from 20% to 70% on Sept. 16, 2024.
Kenny said the site design includes a 5,000‑square‑foot stormwater retention pond, a 5–6 foot retaining…
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