645 Mayport Road UBE-2011-02 Staff Report CC
July 25, 2011 regular meeting
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION STAFF REPORT AGENDA ITEM: UBE-2011-02, request from Oleg Cheberko and Eric Ordonez, d/b/a
Flagler Diagnostic & Sleeping Disorder Center for a use-by-exception to
permit a healthcare service provider of diagnostic testing services
consistent with Section 24-109(d)(3) and the definition of a hospital, limited to ten (10) beds, to be located within the Commercial Professional
Office (CPO) zoning district at 645 Mayport Road, Suite 2.
SUBMITTED BY: Erika Hall
Principal Planner DATE: July 20, 2011
BACKGROUND: This request seeks approval of a use-by-exception to permit the applicants,
who are licensed providers of healthcare services focused on diagnosis of sleep-related disorders, to relocate an existing office from the Palatka area to a suite in a professional office building
located in the Commercial Professional Office (CPO) zoning district at 645 Mayport Road in
Atlantic Beach. The basis of this relocation is an agreement with the US Department of Defense
Military Healthcare System to provide such diagnostic services to the active and retired
personnel of Mayport Naval Station and other area military installations, as well as the general public.
Similar medical diagnostic and treatment services occurring under the auspices of a medical
office would qualify as a permitted use within the CPO district. However, diagnosis of sleep-
related disorders often consists of overnight stays. Though the definition of a clinic provides for the examination and treatment of patients, it specifically excludes overnight stays, whereas a
hospital, by definition, “maintains and operates facilities for overnight care”. Hospitals are only
permitted in the commercial zoning districts upon approval of a use-by-exception.
The Community Development Board considered this request at their July 19th meeting, concurred with the staff recommendation and unanimously recommended approval with the
addition of a ten (10) bed limitation on the facility, finding it to be consistent with the provisions
of Section 24-109(d)(3) and the definition of a hospital, as well as the commercial intensity as
designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element.
BUDGET: No budget issues.
RECOMMENDATION: Approval of UBE-2011-03, a request for use-by-exception by Oleg
Cheberko and Eric Ordonez, d/b/a Flagler Diagnostic & Sleeping Disorder Center, to permit a
healthcare service provider that conducts diagnostic testing services consistent with Section 24-109(d)(3) and the definition of a hospital, limited to ten (10) beds, to be located within the
Commercial Professional Office zoning district at 645 Mayport Road, Suite 2.
ATTACHMENTS: Draft Community Development Board Minutes and application package.
REVIEWED BY CITY MANAGER: __________________