classification change from BU-1-A to BU-2 with removal of the BDP and a new BDP applied
application number 25Z0000 in District 2.
Cole Oliver, for the applicant Troy Holdings, LLC, stated this is a repeat from a 2023 hearing
before the Board where they had requested a BDP with the same use that is being requested
tonight; that BDP was approved by the Board and it was subsequently not recorded because
the then landowners at the time sold the property and the new property owner was not sure
exactly what they were going to do with it; since then the new property owner wants to move
forward with that previously approved BDP; because it timed out on when it could be recorded
they are here again; it is a BU-T use but the zoning would restrict it to only BU-1-A uses and
that one solitary use in the BU-2 category so there are no other concerns of other BU-2 uses
coming in there; in addition, and some sensitivity to the neighbors to the south, the code
requires a 6 foot wall and they have proposed an 8 foot wall and then the site plan that is
currently in, and the engineers are here to talk about it if needed, are requested; it actually pulls
back further away from the property line; the proposed buildings; and with that they are there to
answer any question that the Board may have.
Chairman Feltner stated that they do have a few cards but before they go to them he asked if
the Board had any questions for the applicant.
Mike McGraw stated this was his third time here in regards to the same property and a lack of
development every time he has come; first was a car wash which never developed, then a
storage building facility the last time in 2023, and nothing has happened; the residents that
back up to this proposed storage area are very concerned that it is going to be what it says it is
going to be and that they do not end up with an auto repair shop back there, or a body shop; he
does not want a storage facility that becomes businesses that want to run businesses out of
their storage units; this is a residence, this is not an industrial area; the only thing that would
make it slightly industrial is the 7-Eleven at the corner of Cone and Courtney; and there is a
daycare center that is directly next to the back of the first building; he continued by saying he
does not have a lot of aggressive attitude toward this development, but he wants to make sure
that there is some guardians put up there for the residents; the noise factor, as he said if they
are going to agree on a BDP that says they are going to put a storage unit there and the
storage units that are proposed seem to be almost identical except for a parking variation on
the south boundary and he is good with that but the eight foot wall on the south boundary that
Merritt Island Redevelopment Agency (MIRA) suggested is a good idea; he keeps hearing the
word wall and he wants to make sure it is a wall and not one these 8-foot PVC fences that
when there is a category two it does not end up in his backyard or on is roof or pool enclosure;
those are his concerns and the concerns of the other three residents that back directly; up to
this area, he wants to make sure there is some form of security back there; there have been
homeless encampments set up on that property in the past; the prior owner of the property kept
it maintained, kept it mowed every month or so and it was fairly decent; he wants to make sure
until they do that, this new guy has planted corn grass which is like a four foot tall grass on the
property, so these are just concerns, he understands a man has a right to buy property, a
woman has a right to buy property and establish a business there, but it should be like in kind
to the neighborhood, and it should not be anything above and beyond that. He reiterated those
are the items that he really wanted to discuss; they do not have people living on the premises,
people are not running businesses on the premises, and that there be security cameras and
those cameras could be monitored by the owner remotely; he is not asking for a security guard
on the property but there is a canal that is directly behind there and it looks like they are going
to have retention ponds built in between there; they had water issues in the past, but that might
have been corrected by the County but he is not sure because they have not had a good rain
yet; and the one thing he did have a question on what is the actual material for this is going to
be. He asked is this going to be a barn structure with medal siding, in his business they call it
R panel or whatever, or is it going to be an actual concrete block structure; is it going to be
