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Zoning Board of Appeals
Meeting Date: April 20, 2023
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VARIANCE - MCGIRT
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Request: Variance
P&Z# 23-11000005
Owner: Steve Mcgirt
Project Location: NW 14 Street (vacant)
Folio Number: 484235160022
Land Use Designation: LM- LOW-MEDIUM 5-10 DU/AC
Zoning District: Single-Family Residence 2 (RS-2)
Agent: Steve Mcgirt
Project Planner: Scott Reale
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Summary:
Applicant Landowner is requesting a Variance from the following provisions:
1. Section 155.3203(C) [Intensity and Dimensional Standards of the RS-2 Zoning District], of the Pompano Beach Zoning Code, in order to bifurcate a lot with a 125 ft width, thereby creating two lots, each with a width of 62.5 ft, rather than provide a minimum lot width of 70 ft as required by code.
2. Section 155.5705(B) [Lot Dimensions], of the Pompano Beach Zoning Code, in order to allow the creation of two lots that do not meet the minimum lot width requirement of the applicable zoning district.
The subject property is located on a vacant parcel in the Northwest CRA, on the north side of NW 14th Street, between NW 2nd Avenue and N Dixie Highway.
ZONING REGULATIONS
?155.3203(C) SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE 2 (RS-2)
Lot width, minimum (ft) = 70
?155.5705. LOT DIMENSIONS
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B. Lot area and lot width shall comply with the applicable minimum standards in Article 3: Zoning District.
PROPERTY INFORMATION AND STAFF ANALYSIS
1. The applicant seeks to split an existing vacant lot in order to develop one single-family dwelling on each of two new parcels. There are several 50' wide lots with single-family dwellings in the nearby Pompano Terrace subdivision, including three on the same block as the subject property. In fact, at a width of 62.5' each, the proposed lots would be more conforming than those three existing lots on the same block. Moreover, each new parcel will have a lot area of 8,593 sq ft, which exceeds the minimum required 7,000 sq ft lot area of the RS-2 Zoning District.
2. The co...
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