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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCase No. 15-VAR-2 DiPerriBOARD OF ADJUSTMENT City of Sebastian, Florida Application for Variance: John D. DiPerri Case No. 15 -VAR -2 FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER THIS CAUSE came on for public hearing before the Board of Adjustment of the City of Sebastian on November 18, 2015, and based upon the testimony and all of the evidence presented, the Board of Adjustment enters the following: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. JOHN D. DIPERRI has requested a variance to construct a screened pool enclosure on an existing deck 6.8 feet from the rear property line of his property located at 608 Layport Drive, whose legal description is Lot 2, Block 104, Sebastian Highlands Unit 2. 2. The Land Development Code of the City of Sebastian, Section 54-2- 7.5(b)(1)a requires such structure to be a minimum of 10 feet from the rear property line. 3. Public notice of this hearing was published on November 3, 2015, in the Press Journal, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Sebastian. Notice of this hearing was also mailed to all property owners within three hundred (300) feet of the subject property, as shown in the records of the Property Appraiser of Indian River County, in accordance with the requirements of the Land Development Code. 4. The Community Development Department of the City of Sebastian identified the criteria for determining variances, Section 54-1-2.5, Land Development Code. The Department found that each criterion was satisfied in the present application and recommended that the Board of Adjustment grant the requested variance. 5. Ms. Heather Ring, representing Coastal Aluminum Construction, Inc., spoke in favor of the variance. 6. No one appeared to testify in opposition to the variance. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW Based upon a careful consideration of the evidence presented, and the applicable provisions of the Land Development Code of the City of Sebastian, the Board of Adjustment hereby determines that the requirements for granting a variance from the 10 foot rear setback have been satisfied. Specifically, these requirements are: 1. The existence of special conditions or circumstances; 2. The conditions were not created by the applicant; 3. Special privileges are not being conferred; 4. Hardship conditions exist; 5. Only the minimum variance is being granted; 6. There is no injury to the public welfare or to the intent of the ordinance; and 7. This is not a use variance. Based upon the foregoing Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, a motion was made to approve the requested variance. Said motion was made by Board Member Andrea Coy, seconded by Board Member Bob McPartlan, and adopted by the Board by a vote of 5 in favor and 0 against. Therefore, the requested variance was GRANTED. DONE AND ORDERED in the City of Sebastian, Indian River County, Florida, this 18`h day of November, 2015. CITY OF SEBASTIAN lv QRind Gillmor, Chairman Board of Adjustment date to the );bard of Adjustment