Board approves variance for elevated generator platform at 3212 El Centro

Mar 26, 2026

The St. Pete Beach Board of Adjustment approved a variance allowing a generator on an elevated platform at 3212 El Centro to encroach into the north side-yard setback after the owner argued OSHA and structural rules limit a smaller footprint; the motion passed 4–1 with staff conditions including a sealed as-built survey.

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The St. Pete Beach Board of Adjustment on a March hearing approved variance case #25146 that allows homeowners Walter and Cassie Griffin to install a natural‑gas generator on an elevated engineered platform at 3212 El Centro Street that will reduce the north side-yard setback to about 1.07 feet where five feet is required.

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