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Board backs plan and code changes to re-authorize marina use in RS‑7 area of Diplomat PDO
Summary
Planning board recommended a comprehensive-plan amendment and zoning-code change to permit marinas accessory to primary outdoor recreation uses within an RS‑7 area inside a planned development overlay, resolving an existing nonconformity at the Diplomat PDO.
The board unanimously recommended two related proposals to make existing marina operations conforming in portions of the Diplomat planned development overlay (PDO). One item was a comprehensive-plan amendment to permit additional outdoor recreation facilities in the Low Density Residential future land-use category when those facilities are ancillary to primary outdoor/commercial recreation uses within a PDO. The companion zoning amendment would allow marinas in the RS‑7 residential district when accessory to a primary outdoor commercial-recreation use in a PDO and would update dimensional rules in the commercial recreation (passive) district.
Principal planner Deandra Moyes explained the comprehensive-plan change would correct a nonconformity that occurred when part of the property was rezoned in 2016 and would be limited geographically to the area in question. The zoning amendment clarifies that marinas permitted under commercial recreation passive (CRP) rules would apply and makes technical changes including extending the allowable dock and piling projection (from 15%/30 feet to 25%/50 feet where specified), permitting perpendicular docks to the seawall, and exempting certain adjacent dock setbacks when properties share ownership.
Jeff Cadems, representing the applicant, said the requests are meant to rectify an unintended nonconforming status for a marina and noted the site previously received conditional-use approvals and a board- and commission-level variance to extend pier lengths. “We’re just going back now to rectify that situation with no one’s intent to make the portion of the marina nonconforming,” Cadems said.
There was no public comment. Staff recommended approval and the board forwarded both the comprehensive-plan change and the zoning text amendment to the City Commission for action.
If approved by the commission, the amendments would bring the marina into conformity and update dock/dimension rules used for permitting and redevelopment at the site.
