Legislation Details

File #: 17579   
Type: Agenda Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/28/2026 In control: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 7/7/2026 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Request Submitted by Larry Prescott, Jr., for Appeal of Administrative Official's Variance Denial for Property Located at 16157 Appennine Dr
Attachments: 1. Staff Report Prescott Jr., 2. Notice of Intent of Denial, 3. Application for Appeal, 4. Narrative, 5. 250 List, 6. Notice of Public Hearing, 7. Deed, 8. Owner Affidavit, 9. Site Plan, 10. Denial Resolution, 11. Approval Resolution, 12. GIS Map of Petitioner Property, 13. Affidavit of Publication of Legal Ad - COLUMN

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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.