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Commission sends Siesta Key voluntary‑demolition rules back to planning with limits on height and exceptions
Summary
After extended debate the commission directed staff to return amended Siesta Key language that would allow voluntary demolition and rebuild of nonconforming multifamily buildings but limit height to current zoning maximums, forbid special‑exception increases, require pre‑approval of redevelopment permits and exclude conservation districts; Commissioner Smith abstained on the final motion.
The board took up a long‑running proposal to allow voluntary demolition and rebuilding of nonconforming multifamily structures in the Siesta Key Overlay District on July 8.
Planning’s Everett Farrell summarized a dual approach: a comprehensive‑plan policy to permit rebuilding without increasing the nonconforming residential density, and a UDC text amendment to allow reconstruction to the same unit count but otherwise require compliance with current UDC standards. The proposal would also permit Gulf Beach Setback Line…
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