Exh 8CAGIrNDA IT1;NI #8C
NOVENIBIrR 28, 2005
- CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM: Request for a Waiver from the Land Development Regulations to exceed the
• 50°lo Impervious Surface Area limit within the Selva Linkside PUD for a lot
located at 1538 Linkside Drive, North.
- SUBMITTED BY: Rick Carper, P.E., Public Works Director .
Sonya Doerr, AICP, Community Development Director
- DATE:
November 16, 2005
BACKGROUND: The Selva Linkside PUD was approved in 1987, and developed prior to the
City's adoption of the 50% Impervious Surface Area (ISA) limit in November of 2001. Public Warks
and Planning staff have interpreted that the 50% ISA limit applies to all new residential
development/redevelopment throughout the City, although the PUD provisions in Division 6 of the
Land Development Regulations do not expressly state that the 50% limit applies to PUDs. (Any new
PUD approved after November 2001 has been required to establish the lSA limit within the PUD
documents.)
The property owner received a Building Permit to construct a swimming pool on this 5646 SF lot. With
the application, a summary of lot impervious area was provided which showed the lot with an initial
ISA of 47°!°. The application also included sketches of the lot showing pool location and a detail
• sketch of the pool itself. Neither the sketches nor ISA summary showed any area for surface
coverage by a pool deck. Subsequently, during construction, Staff noted that a paver deck had been
installed that essentially covered the entire remaining back yard of the lot. Staff then requested that
the owner provide a survey showing total impervious coverage for his lot. The owner provided
documentation showing the original impervious area and the area added by the installation of the
• paver deck and a walkway from the pool deck to the front of the house (1228 square feet); with the
50°!o ISA credit for pavers, this yielded total lot coverage of 53.9%.
Section 24-46 (d) permits the Commission to authorize limited Waivers, on acase-by-case basis, from
specific provisions of the Land Development Regulations when it is demonstrated that compliance
with such provision would be unreasonable, in conflict with the public interest, or a practical
impossibility. In considering any request for such a Waiver, the Commission may require conditions
as appropriate to ensure that the intent of the Land Development Regulations is enforced.
The intent of the 50% ISA limit is to address stormwater and drainage impacts that may result from
over development of lots, particularly in areas of the City that do not have a master stormwater system
that has been permitted by the City and/or the St. Johns River Water Management District. While the
Se1va Linkside subdivision is an older project, it does have an internal master stormwater system that
was permitted by the SJRWMD, and this system continues to function as designed and constructed.
In most cases, strict application of the 50%ISA limit would prohibit addition of any ISA to residences
within the Selva Linkside PUD.
RECOMMENDATION: Consider approval of a waiver to the 50% ISA limit, allowing for a maximum
ISA of 54% for the lot located at 1538 Linkside Drive..
ATTACHMENTS: None.
BUDGET: No budget issues.
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