Flagler planning board delays decision on 3 Pelican Lane variances after neighbor objections to pump-house placement and runoff

At its Jan. 14 meeting, the Flagler County 5th County Planning and Development Board continued consideration of a variance application for 3 Pelican Lane to the board's Feb. 11, 2025 meeting after neighbors and members pressed the applicant to revise the site plan.

The petition by homeowner Raymond Royer sought multiple variances tied to an existing nonconforming single-family dwelling and a proposed pool, pool deck and pump house. Staff planner Simone Kenny told the board the property is a lot of record in the River Beach subdivision and is approximately 7,500 square feet, about 1,500 square feet smaller than the RC (residential limited commercial) district minimum of 9,000 square feet. Kenny said the application separates relief for the existing dwelling from a before-the-fact variance for the pool and accessory pump house.

Why it matters: granting the dwelling variances would allow the current footprint to be retained for future repairs, while the accessory-structure variances would permit construction of a pump house and pool deck at or very near the west (left street-side) property line. Neighbors said that combination would reduce setbacks to the point of harming privacy, increasing fire risk and worsening stormwater impacts on an unengineered private right-of-way.

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