TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy Stillings, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: January 15, 2019
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A WAIVER REQUEST TO LDR SECTION 4.1.4(B) and (D) USE OF LOTS OR RECORD TO PERMIT RESIDENTIAL STRUCTUREs ON LOTS WHICH HAVE FRONTAGE OF LESS THAN 50 FEET. (QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to approve the waiver request to LDR Section 4.1.4(B) and (D) to permit residential structures on lots which have frontage of less than 50 feet based on positive findings per LDR Section 2.4.7(B)(5).
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Background:
The subject property, located at 302 SE 5th Street on the southeast corner of SE 3rd Avenue and SE 5th Street, is a combination of two Lots of Record described as Lot 1 and 2, Block 5, Osceola Park, (Plat Book 3, Page 2 of the Palm Beach County Public Records). The existing property measures 130.20 feet deep and has a frontage and width of 93.70 feet and is 0.28 acres (12,300 sq. ft). The property is located in the Osceola Park Neighborhood and is zoned R-1-A (Single Family Residential). The property currently contains a 980 sq. ft., one-story residence built in 1948.
The Osceola Park Neighborhood is characterized as a mixture of small lots located adjacent to larger lots. A majority of the existing residential structures in this area were constructed before 1956. Prior to 1990, the development of lots was permitted by right as long as the lot qualified as a lot of record and complied with all other requirements of that zoning district.
In 1990, with the adoption of Land Development Regulations (LDR) Section 4.1.4(B), the construction of a residential structure on any lot, within a residential zoning district, was restricted to lots with a minimum frontage of 50 feet. In 2006, the LDRs were amended to encourage the development of Lots of Record having at least 40 feet of frontage in R-1-A, RL (Multiple Family Residential - Low Density), and RM (Multiple Family Resi...
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