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Board of Adjustment approves variance for Fontainebleau Circle addition
Summary
The Daytona Beach Board of Adjustment voted 5-0 to approve variances allowing a nearly 1,500-square-foot two-story addition on Fontainebleau Circle, granting reduced rear and side-yard setbacks requested by homeowners Thomas and Deborah Durkin.
The Daytona Beach Board of Adjustment voted unanimously to approve a variance that will allow homeowners Thomas and Deborah Durkin to build an approximately 1,485-square-foot, two-story addition at the southeast rear of their Fontainebleau Circle residence.
The clerk read the case into the record as BOA 2026-135, citing a request for relief from the City’s land-development standards to reduce the required rear-yard setback from 25 feet to 13 feet and the interior side-yard setback from 10 feet to 8 feet. Neighbor letters of support were included in the commission packet, the board noted.
“In 2015 we bought this as a retirement home,” applicant Thomas Durkin told the board. “Now I have grandchildren living with me, and I need more room for our family.” Durkin said his son has custody through the Department of Children and Families and that the family needs additional living space to accommodate children ages 5 and 8.
Board members asked technical questions about elevations, the location of sliding doors and the orientation of the home toward the river; the applicant explained the west elevation faces the river and that neighboring houses have added second floors. After the board discussed the packet and letters on file, a board member moved to approve the variance, the motion was seconded, and a roll-call vote recorded a 5-0 approval.
The board did not request further conditions on the variance in the public record. The chair thanked the applicant and the commission closed that item.
Record notes: the variance request and dimensional reductions were read into the record by the clerk; supporting documents and neighbor letters were noted as part of the file. The board’s approval permits the addition described in the submitted plans to proceed in accordance with applicable permitting and building-review processes.
Next steps: the applicant may pursue building permits and must satisfy any permitting requirements and inspections administered by Daytona Beach City staff before construction begins.
