PLACEMENT: Departmental - Quasi-Judicial
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REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT ON A LEGAL LOT OF RECORD THAT DOES NOT FRONT ON AN OPEN ROAD BUT HAS ACCESS VIA AN EASEMENT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Pursuant to Section 4.843.K.1.c, Land Development Regulations, this is a request from Island Party Rentals of South Florida, Inc. for a variance to allow the issuance of a building permit on a legal lot of record that does not front on an open road, but has access to an open road established by a recorded easement no more than 1/4 mile (1,320 feet) long.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PREPARED BY: Name: Thomas Walker, Jr., PSM
Title: County Surveyor
REQUESTED BY: Island Party Rentals of South Florida, Inc.
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PROCEDURES: Quasi-Judicial
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Pursuant to Section 4.843.K.1.c, Land Development Regulations, Island Party Rentals of South Florida, Inc., has requested that the Board of County Commissioners grant a variance to allow the issuance of a building permit on a legal lot of record that does not front on an open road. The parcel does have access to an open road established by a recorded easement no more than 1/4 mile (1,320 feet) long. The parcel is described in Exhibit "A" as the East one-half of Tract 13, Section 34, Township 38 South, Range 40 East, according to the Plat thereof of PALM CITY FARMS, as recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 42, of the Public Records of Palm Beach (no Martin) County, Florida. The only existing structure on the subject parcel is an open pole bar that did not require a building permit.
According to Section 4.843.K.1.c, Land Development Regulations, the Board of County Commissioners may grant a variance that allows a building permit on a lot not fronting an open road provided that the Board determines the following:
1. It is a legal lot of record; and
2. The lot has legal access to an open road that is:
a) Reasonable and p...
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