56 Dutton Island Road PLAT17-0005 Staff Report CDB
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM 4.C
CASE NO. PLAT17-0005
Request for plat approval as required by Chapter 24, Article 4 of the Code of
Ordinances within the Residential General zoning district at RE# 172095-0000
and 172081-0050 (previously known as 56 Dutton Island Drive W and 0 Dudley
Street).
LOCATION 56 Dutton Island Road
APPLICANT North Florida Engineering Services Inc.
DATE June 5, 2018
STAFF Shane Corbin, Community Development Director
STAFF COMMENTS
The applicant is North Florida Engineering Services Inc., the representative of the owner of the properties
previously known as 56 Dutton Island Road and the adjoining 0 Dudley Street within the Residential
General (RG) zoning district. The applicant is requesting to have the two properties platted into four lots
with two lots on Dutton Island Road West and two lots on Dudley Street.
Both properties are 210 feet deep and have frontage on
Dutton Island Road West and Dudley Street. There is
an existing single family home on 56 Dutton Island
Road West. The plan is to use the existing home as
storage during the construction on the other three lots
in the plat, then demolish it and build the final house.
The existing house will not be made nonconforming by
the proposed plat. The other property, 0 Dudley Street,
is currently vacant, but it does have a portion of a
stormwater ditch on the west side of the property. This
stomwater ditch collects water from Robert Street two
blocks south that then flows north into Puckett Creek.
Combined, these two properties total three quarters of
an acre.
Within the RG zoning district, the minimum lot size is
75 feet of width by 100 feet deep and a total of 7,500
square feet of lot area. All of the proposed lots are 105
feet deep and at least 75 feet wide. Meaning each lot
has at least 7,875 square feet in lot area. The western
side of the plat is angled so the two western lots are
wider at their southern ends than their northern ends.
The northern lot is 76.06 feet wide at its narrowest and
the southern lot is as wide as 94.29 feet.
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Until now, the stormwater ditch on the west side of the property has been maintained without an easement.
The applicant has agreed to provide an easement wide enough for crews to access the banks of the ditch
with equipment at the direction and approval of the Public Works Director. This easement is shown on the
proposed plat. The ditch and easement reduce the buildable width of the two western lots, but there is still
adequate area to build on the lots. The applicant has provided example site plans to show how possible
homes would fit on the lots.
The RG zoning district allows two-family buildings such as duplexes or two unit townhomes. However,
this is limited to density limitations. The Future Land Use Map identifies this area as Residential Low
with a maximum of 6 units per acre or a minimum lot area of 14,500 square feet for two units. As a result,
only single family homes can be developed on the proposed lots.
SUGGESTED ACTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL
The Community Development Board may consider a motion to recommend approval to the City
Commission of the requested plat (File No. PLAT17-0005) as required by Chapter 24, Article 4 of the
Code of Ordinances within the Residential General (RG) Zoning District at RE# 172029-0000 and
172081-0050 provided:
1. Approval of this plat is consistent with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan.
2. Approval of this plat is in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 24, Article 4 of the
Code of Ordinances.
SUGGESTED ACTION TO RECOMMEND DENIAL
The Community Development Board may consider a motion to recommend denial to the City
Commission of the requested plat (File No. PLAT17-0005) as required by Chapter 24, Article 4 of the
Code of Ordinances within the Residential General (RG) Zoning District at RE# 172029-0000 and
172081-0050 provided:
1. Approval of this plat is not consistent with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan.
2. Approval of this plat is not in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 24, Article 4 of the
Code of Ordinances.