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Board allows reduced landscape buffer at Guava Drive parcel, requires vinyl or masonry fencing
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board approved variance VA2606 to permit a 20-foot landscape buffer (Class B) instead of 35 feet and stipulated the perimeter fence be 6-foot vinyl or masonry for properties at 2611–2623 Guava Drive; staff discussed alley use and prior variances on adjacent parcels.
The City of Edgewater Planning & Zoning Board on April 15 approved variance VA2606 to reduce the rear landscape buffer from 35 feet (Class D) to 20 feet (Class B) for properties at 2611–2623 Guava Drive and required that perimeter fencing be a 6-foot vinyl or masonry fence rather than chain-link.
Development Services staff told the board the parcel sits adjacent to an alley historically treated as public use; staff noted that if the alley is treated as a public use the applicable landscape buffer is Class B (20 feet), but the parcel is still technically coded residential pending Land Development Code (LDC) updates. Staff offered tabling the matter until the applicant or attorney appeared but also provided context for board consideration.
Board members said two of the three highlighted parcels previously received variances, and staff described a conceptual 5,000-square-foot light-industrial building and parking drawn on a sketch from Anderson Dixon; no formal site plan had yet been submitted. One member raised concern about chain-link fencing adjacent to residential uses. "If that was industrial behind it, I would say fine. But it's since it's residential, it definitely needs to be vinyl," a member said during the discussion.
A committee member moved to approve VA2606 to allow the 20-foot buffer while preserving a requirement that perimeter fencing be 6-foot vinyl or masonry; the motion was seconded and carried on roll-call votes.
The approval extends the previously granted buffer treatment to the additional parcel but imposes a fencing material requirement intended to address neighborhood character. Staff indicated the applicant will still need to submit formal site plans and meet applicable building and stormwater requirements before construction.
