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Planning board upholds director’s determination that boat storage can be allowed as a similar C‑2 use after lengthy legal debate
Summary
After extended legal debate and public comment, Flagler County’s planning board denied the appeal of the planning director’s determination that 'boat storage' is a use similar to prior boat manufacturing on a C‑2 parcel; the board voted 4–1 to uphold the director, but residents urged a written legal opinion and said the proposed use is more intensive than earlier operations.
The Flagler County planning board voted 4–1 to deny an appeal challenging the planning director’s determination that 'boat storage' may be permitted as a use similar to previously approved 'boat manufacturing' on a C‑2 parcel at the Hammock Harbor site.
Appellant counsel (Mister Baer) told the board the planning director overstepped by deciding that 'boat storage' is a permitted similar use in the C‑2 district. Counsel said boat storage is not listed as a C‑2 permitted use, that the proposed development replaces a prior manufacturing shed with a significantly larger building (counsel described the prior structure as roughly 200 by 25 feet and the proposed as about 420 by 135 feet), and that the planned program — including 120 parking spaces, forklift operations, and a 10,000‑gallon fuel tank — represents a materially more intensive use…
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