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Planning board denies request to shrink street‑side setback on subdivided oceanfront lot
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board voted to deny a developer’s request to reduce a street‑side setback from 12 feet to 9 feet for a recently subdivided oceanfront lot, citing insufficient demonstrated hardship and concerns about precedent and impacts to nearby sight lines.
The City of St. Augustine Beach Planning & Zoning Board on Nov. 18 denied a request to reduce a street‑side setback from 12 feet to 9 feet for a subdivided oceanfront parcel, saying the application did not demonstrate the kind of hardship that justifies a variance.
Architect Michael Stauffer, representing the property owners, told the board the lot’s irregular shape and historic platting left the property “substandard” in width and that a 30‑foot building envelope is necessary to produce usable interior spaces suitable for…
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