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Board approves variances to allow new house at 620 Lower Eighth Avenue South
Summary
The Board of Adjustments granted multiple variances allowing demolition of a derelict garage and construction of a two-story single-family home at a 5,000-square-foot lot at 620 Lower Eighth Avenue South, including small reductions to rear and lanai setbacks and an increase in primary-structure coverage.
The Jacksonville Beach Board of Adjustments approved variances that will allow demolition of a derelict garage and construction of a new two-story single-family dwelling at 620 Lower Eighth Avenue South. The approved variances included a rear-yard setback of 28.9 feet in lieu of the 30-foot minimum, a covered-lanai setback of 19.6 feet in lieu of 20 feet, and a primary-structure lot coverage allowance of 40.4 percent in lieu of the 35 percent maximum.
Trevor Moody, who said he purchased the lot after a previous subdivision and removal of an attached structure, told the board the lot is a narrow 50-by-100 parcel (about 5,000 square feet) and that a derelict two-car garage was removed after obtaining a demolition permit. He said bids for permeable pavers to reduce lot coverage were about four times the cost of conventional concrete, leading the applicant to seek variances to make the proposed house feasible. Moody told the board he had spoken to neighbors and received support from immediate neighbors, who welcomed removal of the derelict garage.
Board members characterized the lot as undersized compared with RS-2 dimensional requirements cited at the hearing and said the requested variances were modest—roughly one foot in the rear and lanai setbacks—and that the proposed coverage percentage remains consistent with what could be expected on a slightly larger conforming lot. No public commenters submitted speaker cards or correspondence in the record for this item.
A motion to approve BOA25-100081 was made and seconded; the recorded roll call shows affirmative votes by Matt Metz, John Moreland, Douglas Dow and Owen Curley. The recorded outcome in the hearing transcript is approval. The board did not record any additional conditions in the hearing minutes. The applicant was directed to proceed through the standard building-department permitting and inspection process.
The board then moved to the planning-department report and scheduling items.
