Palm Beach County zoning panel denies Flamingo Terrace subdivision variance

The Palm Beach County Zoning Commission voted to deny a subdivision-variance request for a 1.98-acre property on Flamingo Terrace, concluding the applicant had not demonstrated the special circumstances required by county code.

The commission’s action, taken after public comment and staff presentations, blocks a plan to split the waterfront property into two one-acre lots that would rely on the existing, substandard roadway for access. The applicant had asked the commission to allow a 20-foot right-of-way and an 18-foot pavement width in lieu of the 40-foot right-of-way and 20-foot pavement width normally required under the Palm Beach County Unified Land Development Code.

Jeannie, the applicant’s representative, told the commission the owner, identified in the application as Gregory Lee d Lang, proposed two single-family lots consistent with the property’s LR-2 future land-use designation and existing single-family zoning. "This is about a 2 acre property currently," she said, and the proposal would result in two roughly one-acre waterfront lots, she said, adding the subdivision would meet the…