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Sarasota Board of Adjustment approves variance for Bay Point Drive cabana over 3-2 vote
Summary
The Sarasota City Board of Adjustment approved variance petition 24 VAR 06 to allow a detached pool cabana at 1595 Bay Point Drive at an 8.25-foot setback from Orange Avenue, concluding the request was the minimum variance needed to address privacy and site constraints. The motion passed 3-2.
The Sarasota City Board of Adjustment voted 3-2 to approve variance petition 24 VAR 06, allowing homeowners Daniel J. Hagen and Diane A. Hagen to build a detached pool cabana 8.25 feet from Orange Avenue at 1595 Bay Point Drive.
Attorney Steven Reese, representing the Hagans, told the board the corner lot’s unusual geometry and a bridge-side sidewalk created a slope that reduced the property’s privacy. “The main concern with this petition… is the privacy issue,” Reese’s co-counsel Kate Andrews said, describing a storm-driven loss of vegetation and a mature sea grape the applicants wish to preserve. Under code section 6102(m) for corner lots, Andrews said, one front…
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