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Neighbor urges Design Review Board to block administrative approval after ordinance lets understory homes avoid review
Summary
A neighbor argued the change in city ordinance allowing understory homes to be approved administratively should not let a previously denied height waiver be re-litigated; planning staff said the applicant may vacate the prior DRB order and seek a building permit for administrative review.
A neighbor asked the City of My Beach Design Review Board on Tuesday to prevent an administratively processed height increase at 4880 Pine Tree Drive, saying the same request had been denied by the board in 2020 and is therefore barred by res judicata.
Beth Colleen Martin, who identified herself as the neighbor north of the property, told the board the house under construction already towers over adjacent homes and that the applicant had removed landscaping, placed a construction fence over her property line and cut a gas line. “This should not be handled administratively,” Martin said.
Martin said the project previously sought a 4-foot height increase in 2020 and was denied all but 1 foot; she told the board the current filing seeks an additional 2–3 feet in places, and that the property now stands about 48 feet at some points compared with neighboring homes of about 24–28 feet. She…
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