Item 3A - Driveway WaiverAGENDA ITEM:
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AGENDA ITEM #3A
SEI'T EMUER 28,20 15
Request for a waiver from City Code Section 1 9-7 Driveway
Limitations to Allow a Circular Driveway at 2349 W . Ocean Forest
Drive
~ r_ /~L--Dougla ~ Layton, PE }
Public Works Director
8/11/15
Applicant has requested a circu lar driveway at 2349 W . Ocean
Forest Drive . The lot frontage is 91 feet. All other sections of th e
code appear to have been met by the application .
City Code Section 19-7: Construction of driveways in rights-of wa y
contains th e following requirement:
(f)" ... , and circular drives shall only be permitted on lots having at
least one hundred-foot frontage."
No budget consideration
RECOMMENDATION: Consider approval of requested waiver to City Code Section
19-7 requirements for this location.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Waiver Application for 2349 W . Ocean Forest Drive
2. Permit drawing
REVIEWED BY: --zt, t/~ 2.~
Nelson Van Liere, City Manager
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AGENDA ITEM #3A
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!\lailinl!. A ddl'c~s: 2349 Ocean forest Or. West , At lantic Ucuch , Floritla 322.1.1
l'lwnc : 904-(12 0 -135 0 Fnx: not a v a i lab lc
Ill. St:tkm c nl clt'l'ncls and ltny s pecial t'Cnson s for the t'CQIIl'Sicd W :Jivcr, w h ich dcmcm s t ralcs cc llnpliu lll'l' "ith
Scdicm 2-4-.tfl (d) of t he 7.uning and S ubdiv isiCJn nnd Lnnd llcvclopmcnl l~cg u lnl i mt s nnd spccitlca lh
tlc~crih ing lww lhc •·c uucst l'Uttt!llics with the C unclitions ncccssm·y fm· t lu• ('ity <:mumi s.~imt lu appnnc lh1~1
rcq ucst. Plcnsc nt(ach ~tei!Jilionul pages if nccclcd.
We an: rc~ti ng a waiver fi·om 1:-)cc. I <J.7(11 which ~pcc ifics I hat "c irc ular d_lj_vc~ shall c)tl_!y b ~
pcrmrll cd on lots having at l c~st on<.: hun dred-foot l'rontngc." Sp eci fi ca lly. my requ est meets th e
rcq u irc mcnts oi'Sec. 24-46(d) i n tlml com pli ance would-be lii"'CCiimc t w-il11ilic-pubffi·l ntcrcs t
anti wo uld produ ce a prncticnl imposs ibilit y. ~----------------------------------------------
Our lo t rs !J I . 12 !'eel w ide, on ly H. Q H.:ct short of'lhc rcqui red li·o n luge. llowc ver, we need In
ir1 s tull a c irc ulor driveway to a ll o w access to the garage. lkca usc ol't hc loca tio n ora lurgc,
cxrs lrn ~_an d health y oa k tree, we can not pula pud rn Iro n! of the gara~o lmore than about 20
t'Clii(pknse sec a tta c hed site plan). Wlillc cntcring the pad l'rom a single dn vcwny to the sor rth
allows e ntry into rhc garage, the lil iillCcfj)acl wid th mctiiiS one t:Uii nol bnc k <iliTs u rr.ci cntl y rar
enou g h to turn the vchiclc and exit throug h the same drive . lienee, complia nce w i th the
o rdi nam:e w ould create a practical impossibi lity in that we co ul<rilOt :1cccs s our garage. We
co ul d creat e spnc ~.: to extend the pad to accommodate a single driveway , but that wou ld require
t he . remova l of the large, hea lth oak tree, th e only re mainin g oak in our rr~xard ~a ~o lutio n
w hr c h is ag ai nst our desire and in eon llict wit h tch !-l lat e<l_po li cy ol' At lun li c Reac h to m·o~ct und
pmmote can opy cove rage.
I k n_s£,_ w~ respectfull Y. reques t a waive r rrom Sec. 19.7(1) a ns!J:>~c rmi sSion to bui ld a c rrcular
driveway per the rationak above .
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