Board approves side‑yard variance for addition at 2108 Melinda Lane despite staff recommendation to deny

TITUSVILLE — The Board of Adjustments and Appeals approved a variance enabling an addition at 2108 Melinda Lane that will result in an interior side‑yard setback of roughly 13 feet 8 inches where 15 feet is normally required in the RR zoning district.

Planning staff recommended denial, citing an outdated survey that still showed a block carport removed from the site and characterizing the proposed encroachment as a likely self‑created hardship with alternative design options available. Staff said the lot meets the minimum area for the RR district (about 0.54 acres) but does not meet current minimum lot‑width standards because of a 1993 rezoning.

John Morrow, identified in the record as living at 2108 Melinda Lane, told the board the existing interior side‑yard is about "26 foot 8 inches" and that the proposed 12‑foot‑8‑inch addition would reduce that by roughly one foot; he described the work as a master bedroom and bath addition. "We have 26 foot 8 inches, and we need 12 foot 8 out of it, which would knock it down a foot approximately," Morrow said.

Rebecca Morrow, who also spoke and lives at the same address, noted the parcel area and that the proposed footprint largely returns to an earlier configuration after a carport was removed.

After discussion the board moved to approve variance 2‑2026 for 2108 Melinda Lane. The motion carried on roll call with affirmative votes from members present. The board's approval allows the applicant to proceed toward permitting; staff noted that construction drawings and an updated survey remain part of the record and will be considered through standard permitting reviews.

The board did not place additional conditions on the variance at the time of the vote.