Subject:
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Jacob Aaron and Sierra Daniella Rosenthal request a zoning classification change from PIP to SR. (26Z00040) (Tax Account 2411620) (District 2)
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Fiscal Impact:
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Dept/Office:
Planning and Development
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the North Merritt Island Dependent Special District Board conduct a public hearing to consider a zoning classification change from PIP (Planned Industrial Park) to SR (Suburban Residential).
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The applicants are requesting a zoning change from PIP (Planned Industrial Park) to SR (Suburban Residential) on a 1.58-acre parcel. The subject property, 160 Grant Road, consists of unplatted land conveyed by warranty deed and recorded in Official Records Book 878, Page 288, on June 15, 1966. According to the Property Appraiser’s website, the existing single-family home was built in 1968.
The subject property was originally zoned Agricultural Residential (AU) as established by the adoption of the Brevard County Zoning Code on May 22, 1958. On May 6, 1999, the property was administratively rezoned to PIP under zoning action Z-10241h.
Planned Industrial (PI) was the original Future Land Use (FLU) designation for the subject property as established with the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan on September 8, 1988. A companion Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment (SSCPA), 26SS00011, was submitted along with this rezoning request to amend the FLU from PI to Residential 4 (RES 4).
The applicants purchased the property on February 17, 2026, and would like to construct an accessory building. The current PIP zoning requires a side setback of fifty (50) feet, and a rear setback of twenty-five (25) feet. The applicants would prefer to utilize the required side and rear setback of ten (10) feet allowed in the SR zoning classification. This will also be consistent with the zoning and development standards on the properties to their west.
PIP is the second lightest industrial classification, allowing light manufacturing within enclosed buildings with strict buffering, storage and other requirements.
The SR zoning classification encompasses lands devoted to single-family residential development of relatively spacious character, together with such accessory uses as may be necessary or are normally compatible with residential surroundings on minimum half-acre lots, with a minimum width of 100 feet and a depth of 150 feet. The minimum house size in SR is 1,300 square feet.
The Live Local Act was enacted in 2023 and revised in 2024. The Act is intended to address the state's growing housing affordability crisis through significant land use, zoning, and tax benefits. Pursuant to Florida Statute 125.01055, a county must authorize multifamily and mixed-use as allowable uses in any area zoned for commercial, industrial, or mixed use if at least 40 percent of the residential units are in a proposed multifamily rental development are rental units that, for a period of at least 30 years, are affordable as defined in F.S. 420.0004. In unincorporated Brevard County, the Live Local Act effectively allows for development of up to 30 dwelling units per acre. The proposed rezoning would remove the possibility of a Live Local Act development on the subject property.
The Board may wish to consider if the request is consistent and compatible with the surrounding area and to recognize existing development trends.
The Planning and Zoning Board will consider the request on Monday, November 16, 2026, beginning at 3:00 p.m. and the Board of County Commissioners on Thursday, December 10, 2026, beginning at 5:00 p.m. The meetings will be held at the Brevard County Government Center, 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Building C, Commission Room, Viera, Florida.
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