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Cocoa Beach moves to tighten special‑exception rules, bars board from increasing height or density
Summary
On first reading the commission advanced Ordinance 1714 to add factual criteria for special exceptions and zoning amendments and adopted an amendment explicitly preventing the Board of Adjustment from exceeding established height/density limits.
The Cocoa Beach City Commission on first reading advanced an ordinance to strengthen the factual criteria used in quasi‑judicial hearings for special exceptions and zoning map amendments, and amended the draft to prohibit the Board of Adjustment from using special exceptions to increase base height or density limits.
David Dickey, the city’s development services director, told commissioners the proposed ordinance would add eight to nine factual criteria aimed at ensuring decisions are based on ‘‘competent substantial evidence’’ rather than…
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