Board approves front‑yard setback variance for Claypool home
The St. Johns County Planning & Zoning Agency approved a variance allowing a reduced front‑yard setback at 360 Cape Avenue so owner Hunter Claypool can site a single‑family house on an unusually configured lot; vote was 5–1.
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Hunter Claypool, the owner of 360 Cape Avenue, told the Planning & Zoning Agency that the lot configuration and existing septic mound leave “literally the only spot to put it” for a new single‑family home. He said the requested reduction would change the front‑yard setback from the 25 feet required by the code to 18 feet to accommodate the house.
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