08-21-07
AGENDA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
City Hall Commission Chambers, 800 Seminole Road
1. Call to order and pledge of allegiance.
2. Approval of the minutes of the July 17, 2007 meeting.
3. Recognition of Visitors.
4. Old Business. None.
5. New Business.
a. REZ-2007-03 and UBE-2007-04, OUR Properties, Inc. Review and recommendation to the City
Commission related to an application for change in zoning designation from Central Business District (CBD)
to Commercial General (CG) for property located at the southwest corner of Ahern Street and East Coast
Drive. The property is currently vacant and cleared. The future proposed use is a “boutique” hotel with a
maximum of 26 sleeping units. Also, a concurrent request for a Use-by-Exception to permit the above
referenced hotel within the CG Zoning District.
Action required: The Community Development Board forwards a recommendation on both portions of this
agenda item to the City Commission.
b. ZVAR-2007-06, Nellis. Request for a Variance to allow a 900 square foot detached garage within a
residential Zoning District. Section 24-151(b) limits the size of a detached garage in any residential Zoning
District to 600 square feet. A 30-foot by 30-foot garage is proposed. This property is within the RS-L
Zoning District and located at 475 Palmwood Avenue.
Action required: The Community Development Board takes final action on Variance requests.
c. Public hearing to take comments and consider a proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment
initiated at the request of the City Commission to change the current 2015 Comprehensive Plan
Future Land Use Map designation for an area of the City from Residential, Medium Density (RM)
to Residential, Low Density (RL). This area is generally located south of Fifth Street and north of
Ahern Street, between Sherry Drive and Beach Avenue. (Map available from the Planning and
Zoning Department.)
Action required: Recommendation to the City Commission by the Community Development
Board, acting as the City’s Local Planning Agency, to transmit or not transmit, the proposed
amendment to the Department of Community Affairs.
6. Adjournment.
All information related to the items and application(s) included in this agenda, maps and full legal description(s)
for the subject properties are available for review at the City of Atlantic Beach Planning and Zoning Department
located at 800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach, Florida and may be obtained at this office or by calling (904) 247-
5826. Interested parties may attend the meeting indicated in this notice and state your opinions, or comments
regarding the agenda items may be mailed to the address contained in this agenda. If a person decides to appeal
any decision made by the Community Development Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting,
he or she will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record
of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which any appeal is based.
Notice to persons needing special accommodations and to all hearing impaired persons: In accordance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should
contact the City of Atlantic Beach (904) 247-5800, 800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach, Florida 32233 not later
than 5 days prior to the date of this meeting.