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Planning board denies variance request for two unpermitted roof patios

Port St. Lucie Planning and Zoning Board · March 3, 2026
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Summary

The board denied variance P25-204 requested by Yuraima Garcia Navarro to keep two unpermitted roof patios that encroach into required setbacks, citing precedent and permitting enforcement; vote was 10–1 to deny.

The Port St. Lucie Planning & Zoning Board on March 3 denied a variance request (P25-204) to retain two existing roof patios and an outdoor kitchen that were built without permits at 455 Southwest Kester Drive.

Ivan Bettencourt of the planning department presented the variance application and said the structures encroach into required side setbacks and were built without permits; a…

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