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Request Submitted by Neighboring Property Owners for Appeal of Administrative Official’s Variance Granted to Sunrise to Sunset Island Life, LLC, for Property Located at 10541 Pine Island Drive
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BRIEF OVERVIEW
The applicant requested a variance to reduce the front setback from 25’ to 16.3’ and to reduce the rear setback from 20’ to 10’ to build a home on their 0.20 acre property zoned R-1B Residential-Key No. 77366. The subject property is located at 10541 Pine Island Drive on the canal and approximately 10,687 feet from Cortez Boulevard.
The Administrative Official’s intent was to approve the variance request; however, there were two (2) requests for denial submitted by the public.
STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVES
The request is consistent with Strategic Theme D, "Quality of Life".
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no financial impact associated with the recommended action.
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 approve the variance, a mailing shall be issued to the property owners within five hundred (500) 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 approve 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.