Subject:
Title
Thomas Daugherty requests a change of zoning classification from GU to RU-1-7. (25Z00007) (Tax Account 2301907) (District 1)
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Planning and Development
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners conduct a public hearing to consider a change of zoning classification from GU (General Use) to RU-1-7 (Single-Family Residential). End
Summary Explanation and Background:
The applicant is requesting to rezone the property from GU (General Use) to RU-1-7 (Single-Family Residential) on a 0.17-acre property to have a zoning classification that is consistent with the property’s lot size. The parcel was subdivided from a 2.42-acre parent property, and the current configuration was recorded on September 10, 1997, in OR Book 3707, Page 3052, of the Public Records of Brevard County, Florida. The original parent property was recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 2, of the Public Records of Brevard County, Florida in February 1911.
The subject property meets these minimum size requirements for RU-1-7, and the RU-1-7 zoning classification is established in the area. The subject property is vacant and undeveloped and has frontage on Capron Rd. and Dunbar St., both of which are County-maintained roadways.
The property to the north of the subject property is a 0.26-acre lot improved with a single-family home built in 1960, zoned GU. The property to the south, across Dunbar St., is a 0.16-acre parcel developed with a single-family home built in 1965; zoned RU-1-7. To the east of the subject property, across Capron Rd., is a 0.26-acre parcel developed with a single-family home built in 2004; zoned RU-1-9. The property west of the subject property is a 1.34-acre parcel developed with a single-family home built in 1980, zoned GU. All the properties described are within the RES-8_DIR FLUM.
The initial application for rezoning was to request RU-1-11 zoning. The following actions were taken regarding this request:
• On June 11, 2025, the Port St. John Dependent Special District Board heard the request and unanimously recommended approval.
• On June 16, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Board considered the request and unanimously recommended approval for RU-1-9 (rather than the requested RU-1-11).
Subsequent to this recommendation, and prior to the originally advertised Board hearing held on July 17, 2025, the applicant chose to amend his application to RU-1-7. Because of this Amendment, the application required a new advertisement and a new set of hearings. The Amendment to the application is addressed in the attached addendum, “Addendum #2 to staff comments.” The primary distinction between the initial analysis found in the Staff Comments and that in the addendum is that there is RU-1-7 in the surrounding area (the property to the south of the subject property, for example, is RU-1-7), while there was not RU-1-11 in the area. As such, the Board may consider this request more consistent and compatible with the surrounding area than the initial application.
On August 18, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Board heard the revised request and unanimously recommended approval.
The Board may wish to consider whether the request is consistent and compatible with the surrounding area.
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
Upon receipt of resolution, please execute and return a copy to Planning and Development.