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Satellite Beach planning board backs looser rules for corner‑lot sheds, adds screening requirement
Summary
The Planning and Advisory Board recommended code edits to allow accessory structures (sheds, gazebos) closer to the street on corner lots to reduce repeated variance requests; the board added a requirement for screening (landscape or fencing) and voted to forward the draft to City Council.
The Planning and Advisory Board voted to recommend city‑code changes that would let some accessory structures be sited in the second front yard on corner lots, with new screening requirements intended to reduce visual impacts.
Staff told the board the edits aim to clean up frequent variance requests to the Board of Adjustment by allowing permanent accessory structures—sheds, gazebos, tiki huts—closer to the secondary street in specific circumstances while maintaining setback rules and safety inspections. Staff said permanent accessory structures must meet…
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