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Port St. Joe board approves resubdivision that adds two lots, allows alley to serve as primary access
Summary
The Port St. Joe Plan Development Review Board approved a resubdivision to convert 11 lots into 13, add alley paving and stormwater infrastructure and accepted a related special-exception petition to allow alley use as primary access; one board member abstained.
The Port St. Joe Plan Development Review Board approved a resubdivision and special exception Jan. 7 that will convert an 11‑lot parcel into 13 lots, add paving for the alley serving the subdivision and install stormwater controls covering the alley and lots.
Ray Greer, the applicant’s representative, told the board the city’s land development regulations (LDRs) will be updated as part of a broader comprehensive‑plan effort but that the developer must proceed now under a special‑exception process. “We have the existing portion, it’s 11 lots inside the city of Port Saint Joe … to resubdivide those 11 lots and make them 13,” Greer said.
The nut of the request was twofold: a special exception to allow the alley to be used for primary driveway access instead of having driveways open directly on a higher‑speed highway, and a technical special exception to clarify subdivision language in the LDRs so that replats of existing plats are plainly permitted. Greer said the alley will be paved and that the project will add stormwater infrastructure where none currently exists.
Board members discussed traffic and safety. Greer said using the alley rather than driveways directly on the nearby highway would be safer and generate less traffic than the commercial use previously proposed. He said the subdivision had previously been rezoned from commercial to residential in a November hearing.
A motion to approve the resubdivision and the related special exception passed on a voice vote; one board member registered an abstention. The motion and second were recorded but the transcript does not name who moved and who seconded the motion.
The board and applicant noted the LDRs will be amended later to codify alley access rules; Greer said the comprehensive plan update will be completed before those LDR amendments. The resubdivision approval requires the applicant to pave the alley and build the stormwater system as described in the application.
The board’s action clears the way for the developer to proceed with the replat and the physical improvements; the transcript did not specify a construction schedule, bonding or which party will be responsible for long‑term maintenance of the alley or stormwater facilities.
Votes at a glance: Resubdivision and alley‑access special exception — approved (voice vote; one abstention).
