[CALL TO ORDER]
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
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27TH, 2025 TO ORDER. THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING, JANUARY 23RD. DO I HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR QUESTION OR A MOTION?
>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE, DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL IN IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL SAY AYE . IT PASSES NUMBER 4-0. THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT, WHERE ANYBODY CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA OR MAYBE NOT ON THE AGENDA, I DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC, WE HAVE THE APPLICANT. THEY WILL SPEAK IN A MINUTE. I'M GOING TO OPEN IT, CLOSE IT SO I DON'T GET IN TROUBLE WITH OUR ATTORNEY. NOW, WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT FOR TWO
[1. Public Hearing to consider BOA 25-0001.]
ITEMS. WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM SEPARATELY. THE FIRST ONE IS BOA 25-0001 . AND, WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JENNI.>> THANK YOU CHAND. YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE TWO SEPARATE ACTIONS BUT I HAVE COMBINED IT INTO ONE POWERPOINT BECAUSE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR BOTH CASES IS THE SAME. ON BOA 25-0001 , THEY ARE ASKING FOR A BOAT GARAGE. IN BOA 25-0002 , THEY ARE ASKING FOR A VEHICULAR GARAGE. IT IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME REQUEST, TWO DIFFERENT CRITERIA IN THE DEVELOPMENT CODE. THE APPLICANTS ARE ANDREW AND CAROLINE MCHUEY.
>> WHO IS THE CUTE ONE? >> SHE WASN'T AN APPLICANT. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 328 HOLLYWOOD FOREST DRIVE ON FLEMING ISLAND. AND, AS I SAID, SECTION 3-6(D)(1) TALKS ABOUT ACCESSORY STRUCTURES MAY BE LOCATED WITHIN THE SIDE OR FRONT. AND THEN, THE BOAT GARAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 750 SQUARE FEET TO BE PLACED IN THE FRONT SIDE YARD. THEN, BOA 25-0002 IS TO ALLOW FOR A VEHICULAR GARAGE, APPROXIMATELY 416 SQUARE FEET TO BE PLACED ON THE WEST SIDE YARD ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING HOME.
EXCUSE ME. SO, THIS IS THEIR PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE THE HOUSE LOCATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY AS OPPOSED TO IN THE FRONT. THE PARCEL IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOLLYWOOD FOREST DRIVE, EAST OF PINE AVENUE, WEST OF HARVEY GRANT ROAD. APPROXIMATELY 1.8 ACRES. THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 2022, ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. THE HOUSE WAS BUILT ON THE PARCEL IN 1972 IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION. THERE IS A SEPTIC DRAIN FIELD AND A WELL LOCATED IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. THE MINIMUM SETBACK FOR THE RA ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH AT THIS HOME IS A PART OF, IS 40 FEET. THE HOME IS APPROXIMATELY 211 FEET OFF THE PROPERTY, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
THE HOUSE IS TO THE EAST AND WEST ARE APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET OFF OF THE FRONT SETBACK LINE AND THERE'S IS KIND OF AN ANOMALY. THE APPLICANT DESIRES TO PUT THE ACCESSORY BOAT GARAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE HOME TO ACCESS THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY, ALTHOUGH THIS WOULD TECHNICALLY BE THE APPLICANT FRONT YARD.
PLACEMENT OF THE IS EXTENDING HOME OF MORE THAN FIVE REQUIRED SETBACK, THE GARAGE SHOULD NOT BE PHYSICALLY ACCESSIBLE FROM THE ROAD. IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PARCEL IS SUBSTANTIALLY WOODED ALONG HOLLYWOOD FOREST DRIVE AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE FLOODWAY THAT ALSO EXISTS ON THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS A GRAPHIC OF THE FLOODWAY THAT GOES ALONG EAST TO WEST ON THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. THEN THE SEPTIC FIELD AND WELL IS JUST
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ABOVE THAT. THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS. AS I SAID, THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1972 IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGUATION. AND, THE EXISTING FLOODWAY FROM WEST TO EAST ALONG THE QUARTER OF THE PROPERTY, THESE TWO FACTORS ARE SPECIFIC TO THIS PARCEL AND ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO ANY OTHER PARCELS IN THE AREA. PLACEMENT OF THE HOME AND THE LOCATION OF THE FLOODWAY ARE NOT A RESULT OF THE ACTIONS OF THE APPLICANT AND THE GRANTING OF THIS VARIANT WILL CONFER ON THE APPLICANT TOUCHED MADE BY OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE RA ZONING DISTRICT. HOWEVER, IN MOST CASES, STRUCTURES ARE BUILT AT THE 40 FEET REQUIRED SETBACK. THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE IS PLANNED TO BE CONSTRUCTED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET OFF THE ROAD. AGAIN, LITERAL INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD NOT DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT OF RIGHTS COMMONLY ENJOYED BY OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE RA DISTRICT. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE REASONS I PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT THE LOCATION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND THE FLOODWAY I FEEL THAT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE CANNOT BE PROPERTY BUT SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE FRONT OR SIDE YARD. GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE WILL ALLOW THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO BE PLACED ADJACENT TO THE FRONT OF THE EXISTING HOME APPROXIMATELY 211 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE. GRANTING THE VARIANCE WOULD BE IN HARMONY WITH THE GENERAL INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE CODE. GRANTING THE VARIANCE SHOULD NOT BE INJURIOUS OR OTHERWISE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE AS THE STRUCTURE WILL BE PLACED APPROXIMATELY 105 FEET OFF THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE.THESE FIVE CONDITIONS ARE THE SAME FOR THE BOAT GARAGE AS WELL AS THE VEHICULAR GARAGE. SO, STAFF DID FIND THAT THE REQUEST TO ALLOW THE VARIANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BASED ON THE DISTANCE OF THE EXISTING HOME AND THE SETBACK OFF THE ROAD. AND, THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH EXIST ARE NOT A RESULT OF THE APPLICANT'S ACTION.
THEREFORE, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF PLACING THESE TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN THE FRONT OR SIDE YARD. I'M HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> WHERE WAS THAT PICTURE TAKEN
FROM? >> I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT HAS SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES OF ITEMS THAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO USE THAT PROVES EITHER WHAT THEY WANT TO PUT ON THE PROPERTY OR THE EXISTING VIEWS OF THE PROPERTY.
>> OKAY. OKAY. ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS OF JENNI BEFORE I BRING THE APPLICANT UP? IF YOU, BOTH OF YOU, ALL THREE OF YOU COME UP AND SPEAK, THIS IS THE TIME WHEN YOU CAN PLEAD YOUR CASE. FIRST, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
>> 328 HOLLYWOOD FOREST DRIVE. WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD, SORRY.
>> I HAVE TO SWEAR YOU IN. EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS THE TRUTH
>> I'M GLAD YOU REMINDED ME. >> WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD TWO GRUDGES, ONE FOR HOUSING OUR FAMILY BOAT AND ONE FOR OUR
CARS. >> IN OUR PACKAGE, THERE IS A PICTURE OF A GATE INTO SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW.
>> THAT IS NOT OUR PROPERTY. >> THAT IS NOT YOUR PROPERTY?
>> NO SIR. IT IS A HOME WE TOOK A PICTURE OF, THERE GARAGE IN ORANGE PARK. AND, THAT IS OUR VISION, THE STYLE OF THE GARAGE.
IT IS KIND OF OUR INTENT. >> I WOULD ASSUME WITH AS FAR BACK AS YOUR HOUSE SITS, YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE YOUR HOUSE
FROM THE STREET. >> WE HAVE TREES. HOWEVER, WE HAVE MAINTAINED THEM SUCH THAT IT HAS, BRANCHES ARE KEPT MAINTAINED. WE PERIODICALLY TRIM TREE BRANCHES. YOU CAN SEE THE HOME FROM THE STREET. WE HAVE A TREE LINE RIGHT AT THE STREET, RIGHT NEAR THE STREET AND WE HAVE ANOTHER TREE LINE JUST IN FRONT OF THE HOME. THEN, THERE'S TREES ON THE REAR OF THE HOME THAT APPROACH THAT WEST SIDE OF THE HOME. SO, YOU WOULD
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STILL SEE THE BOAT GARAGE FROM THE STREET. HOWEVER, WE MADE SURE THAT IT WAS OFF TO THE SIDE SO THAT YOU COULD STILL SEE OUR HOME AND KEEP THE INTENT OF SEEING THE HOME AS IT IS A BEAUTIFUL RANCH-STYLE BUILT HOME.>> IS THIS TRULY A GARAGE? >> I WOULD SAY IT IS ENCLOSED.
YES SIR. >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. DOES ANYBODY ON
THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> DO WE HAVE A SURVEY SHOWING
WHERE? I CAN'T REMEMBER. >> IN THE STAFF REPORT.
>> RIGHT THERE. THAT IS THE BOAT BARN. THE BOAT GARAGE. THEN, THIS ONE SHOWS WHERE THE CAR GARAGE IS. THE CAR GARAGE WILL
BE ON THE SIDE. >> THEY ARE BOTH ON THE SAME
SIDE. THE >> THAT WAS THE INTENT TO KEEP THE GRUDGES MAINTAINED, ONE IN FRONT OF THE OTHER SO THAT WE WOULD NOT JEOPARDIZE THE VIEW OF THE HOME FROM THE STREET.
>> DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A GARAGE ON THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW?
>> WE HAVE AN ENCLOSED GARAGE THAT WAS TURNED INTO A HEATED AND AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM. WE CALL IT THE DEN. THE OLD OWNERS, AS ARE SOME DOCUMENTS I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN, THE 90S, IT WAS A PERMIT PULLED TO ENCLOSED THE GARAGE. SO, THERE'S NO
GARAGE ON THE HOUSE. >> NO CAR STORAGE?
>> CORRECT. >> OKAY . ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC. OKAY, THANK YOU
>> IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR
AGAINST THIS? >> WE ARE FOR IT.
>> LOOK AT ALL THOSE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> I KNOW, IT IS JUST THE ATTORNEY AND STAFF AND ADELINE.
SHE IS FOR IT? DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF OF THE
APPLICANT? DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> I AM JUST THINKING THAT LOOKING WITH THE FEMA ACCESS WAY AND THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T BUILD BACK THERE WITH THE SUBJECT AND HOW FAR THE HOUSE IS BACK COMPARED TO THE OTHERS IN THE AREA, THE FACT THAT THE OWNERS, I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA THAT THEY ARE LINING UP MORE OR LESS THE BOAT STORAGE AND THE GARAGE TO KEEP IT ALL ON ONE SIDE. THAT IS A NICE THING, PROBABLY BETTER FOR THEM AS WELL. I GUESS I HAVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON ONE OR CAN I DO BOTH? I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE BOA 25-0001 .
>> I WOULD A SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE BOA 25-0001 . ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE . IT PASSES 4 -0 .
[2. Public Hearing to consider BOA 25-0002.]
NOW LET'S DON'T GIVE THEM THE GARAGE. JUST KIDDING. NOW I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR BOA 25-0002 . SEEING NOBODY SPEAKING, CLOSING. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY TO MAKE A MOTION ORQUESTIONS FOR BOA 25-0002 ? >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON BOA 25-0002 .
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF BOA 25-0002 .
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE . AYE . IT PASSED 5 -0. I CAN'T COUNT.
4-0. OKAY. NOW I HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING? NO ONE DOES.
>> MOVED EDGERRIN. >> NO, WE CAN'T. SHE HAS TO TELL US WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT MONTH. AT LEAST ONE CASE FOR NEXT MONTH. OKAY. NOW WE CAN
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.