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File #: 2191   
Type: Public Hearing Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/8/2020 In control: Planning and Zoning Board / Local Planning Agency
On agenda: 11/9/2020 Final action: 11/9/2020
Title: Reid B. Hart and Gail Skinner-Hart request a change of zoning classification from GU to RR-1. (20Z00027) (Tax Accounts 2402986 and 2402987) (District 1)
Attachments: 1. Administrative Policies of the Future Land Use Element.pdf, 2. Staff Comments, 3. GIS Maps

Subject:

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Reid B. Hart and Gail Skinner-Hart request a change of zoning classification from GU to RR-1. (20Z00027) (Tax Accounts 2402986 and 2402987) (District 1)

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Fiscal Impact:

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Dept/Office:

Planning and Development

Requested Action:

Recommendation

It is requested that the Planning and Zoning Board conduct a public hearing to consider a change of zoning classification from GU (General Use) to RR-1 (Rural Residential).

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Summary Explanation and Background:

 

The applicants are requesting to change the zoning classification from GU to RR-1 on two parcels for the purpose of combining the parcels together to build a barn and have horses on the property.  The two lots are located on the north side of Simpson Place, approximately 760 feet west of Jake Avenue, in the Canaveral Groves area.  Lot 10 is developed with a 1,991 square-foot single-family residence with residential amenities; Lot 9 is vacant land. 

 

When these lots were recorded, GU required a minimum lot width and depth of 150 feet and a minimum lot size of one acre. These two lots have a lot width of 147 feet each, and although they were recorded in Survey 2, Page 61, they did not meet the GU zoning 150-foot minimum lot width required to be nonconforming lots of record.  The lots, individually, do meet the proposed RR-1 zoning minimum 125 feet of lot width and depth, and the minimum one-acre lot size requirements.  The proposed RR-1 zoning would legitimize the lots for lot size requirements.

 

The proposed RR-1 classification permits single-family residential land uses on minimum one-acre lots, with a minimum lot width and depth of 125 feet.  The RR-1 classification permits horses, barns and horticulture as accessory uses to a single-family residence.  The minimum house size is 1,200 square feet.  The keeping of horses and agricultural pursuits are accessory to a principal residence within RR-1 pursuant to the following limitations: Horses, not to exceed four per acre, are permitted for personal, noncommercial use of the property owner, provided there is a minimum of 10,000 square feet of land for each animal; agricultural pursuits shall be limited to the keeping of horses and activities of a horticultural nature.

 

The parcel abuts GU zoning along its northern, eastern, southern and western boundaries.

 

The Board may wish to consider whether this request for RR-1 zoning is consistent and compatible with the surrounding neighborhood which has AU and GU zoning.

 

The Board of County Commissioners will consider the request on Thursday, December 3, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. at the Brevard County Government Center, 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Building C, 1st Floor, Viera, Florida.

Clerk to the Board Instructions:

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