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Dade City planning board approves corner-lot fence variances
Summary
The Dade City Planning Board unanimously approved two variances allowing a corner-lot fence to exceed the code height and opacity limits after staff said the request met variance standards.
The Dade City Planning Board voted unanimously to approve two variances allowing a fence on a corner lot to exceed the city's standard height and opacity limits.
Staff told the board the request sought to increase the maximum permitted fence height from 4 feet to 6 feet and to allow the fence to be fully opaque instead of meeting the 50 percent opacity requirement. Steph, a city planning staff member, told the board the application met the variance standards and would not interfere with traffic sight-lines at the intersection.
The board conducted the matter as a quasi-judicial hearing; the applicant and staff were sworn before testimony was taken. Steph explained that under the land development regulations a corner (double-frontage) lot is limited to fences of no more than 4 feet and 50 percent opacity on two of the four sides, and that the portion the applicant proposed to fence was shown in the packet graphics. "Staff has reviewed the standards for variance approval, and it meets all standards," Steph said.
After no questions were raised by board members, a motion to approve both variance requests was made and seconded and carried on a roll-call vote. The minutes show the seven voting members present cast recorded "aye" votes and the chair declared the motion carried.
The approval allows the applicant to construct the portion of the front-yard fence at 6 feet in height and at full opacity, as shown in the submitted plans. Staff told the board the proposed height and opacity would not obstruct traffic sight-lines under LDR 7.2.6 and related sight-triangle provisions.
The board's action is a recommendation to the city (final permitting/inspection and any required building permits remain subject to staff review and compliance with the conditions and subsequent inspections).
