Subject:
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Thomas Daugherty requests a change of zoning classification from GU to RU-1-11. (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-1-11 (Single Family Residential)
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The applicant is requesting to rezone the property from GU (General Use) to RU-1-11 (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-1-11. Approval of the RU-1-11 would be an introduction of a new zoning classification in the area. The subject property would also meet the lot size, width, and depth requirements of RU-1-9 and RU-1-7, which are already 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 Board may wish to consider whether the request is consistent and compatible with the surrounding area.
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. Although the RU-1-9 zoning classification is consistent and in character with what is in the area, per Section 62-1151(h), Brevard County Code, “[i]f … it is determined that the requested zoning classification should not be approved, the planning and zoning board may recommend and the board of county commissioners may approve a classification which is more intense than the existing classification, but less intense than the classification which was requested. . . .” The RU-1-9 zoning classification recommended by the Planning and Zoning Board is both more intense than the requested classification and more intense than the existing classification. Given this, the Board should consider whether the request (as submitted by the applicant) is consistent and compatible with the surrounding area. If the Board finds that it is not and denies the request but finds that RU-1-9 would be consistent and compatible, the Board may consider waiving the six-month waiting period for a resubmittal, consistent with Section 62-1151(e), Brevard County Code of Ordinances.
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
Upon receipt of resolution, please execute and return a copy to Planning and Development.