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Board approves lot‑size variance to restore agricultural uses and cure substandard parcel
Summary
The board approved Curt Blackman's lot‑size variance after staff explained the county can cure substandard lots either by rezoning or variance and that the Comprehensive Plan encourages restoring conformity; the applicant's representative said the property was sold as agriculturally zoned.
Tracy Sica spoke on behalf of Curt Blackman and said the Blackmans purchased the property believing it remained agriculturally (AU) zoned; reconfiguration by a prior owner caused the parcel to lose grandfathered status and left an adjacent flag stem parcel effectively undevelopable. "When they purchased the home, it was, sold to them as being agriculturally zoned," Sica said, explaining why the applicant sought variance relief rather than rezoning.
County staff explained the lot originally was a nonconforming lot of record, then was combined and later reconfigured so that the current parcel lost nonconforming status; staff said there are two primary ways to cure the problem—rezoning the parcel or granting a variance—and that the Brevard County Comprehensive Plan encourages bringing substandard lots into conformance when possible. Staff recommended considering the variance as a practical way to resolve the situation; the board approved the variance (survey dated 12/23/2021 was referenced).
