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Request Submitted by Larry Prescott, Jr., for Appeal of Administrative Official’s Variance Denial for Property Located at 16157 Appennine Dr
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BRIEF OVERVIEW
The applicant requested a variance to reduce the front setback from 50 feet to 18 feet to have a Detached Garage for better accessibility to the garage due to being disabled on a property zoned AR2 (Agricultural/Residential)-Key No. 574453.
The Administrative Official’s intent was to deny the variance request at which time the applicant filed for appeal.
STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVES
The request is consistent with Strategic Theme D, "Quality of Life".
FINANCIAL IMPACT
A matter of policy. There is no financial impact.
LEGAL NOTE
The variance procedures require that upon receipt and review of an application for variance, a notice of intent of either approval or denial be sent to property owners. If the notice of intent is to deny the variance, a mailing shall be issued to the property owners within two hundred fifty (250) feet of the property under consideration for the variance. If no objection is filed within the fifteen (15) day objecting period, the Administrative Official's decision to deny the variance shall stand. However, if an objection is filed within the 15-day objecting period, the Administrative Official shall schedule the matter for public hearing and decision by the Board to hear the application for variance pursuant to Appendix A, Article V, Section 3E of the Hernando County Code of Ordinances.
Any person affected by the Administrative Official’s decision may file for appeal and such appeal shall be taken within thirty (30) days after rendition of the decision pursuant to Appendix A, Article V, Section 3F of the Hernando County Code of Ordinances.
The Board is authorized to consider the variance appeal pursuant to Appendix A, Article V, Section 3A(1) of the Hernando County Code of Ordinances, and Chapters 125 and 163 of the Florida Statutes.
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RECOMMENDATION
The Board should review the variance appeal, take public comment on the request, and approve or deny the variance appeal. Upon a decision, the Board should adopt either the attached approval or denial resolution and authorize the Chairman’s signature thereon, after which it will be recorded in the County’s Public Records.