What the heck? Chairman. Okay. Hold on one sec. Let's see if we can if he's coming. Wait till 20 after. Okay, we're going to wait a few more minutes to get our fourth member here. He's
going to show up. Give him a chance. Yeah, but it is important. But it's We're good to go. Good evening. I'd like to call to order the city of Cocoa Beach Board of Adjustment Meeting for July 16, 2025. Is
that very loud? Okay. Okay. Can we all stand for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and for it stands one nationice
for all. Can we have a roll call, please? Here. Okay. We got any uh disclosures of conflict here? Okay. Good. That was that next. Yeah, a jump point. Yeah, that's right. Uh we'll finish
seeing if anybody got a conflict. No, I don't. No, I went to the Okay. How about the approval of last month or two months ago meeting minutes? Second. And I guess the city attorney gets to swear in some witnesses if we have some.
Uh yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Sorry, I had to step out there. I had the city attorney calling me to add one more little tidbit to what we were talking about before the meeting. Um I heard you all uh went through and mentioned that you or stated for the record there's no conflicts of interest. Um are there any
exparte disclosures? Uh anyone on the board speak to the applicant uh regarding this measure? No. All right. Very good. Good to hear. If you all bear with me for just a moment, I have a a short script to read. Um, this is a public hearing to review a
request for a variance. Um, any individual, including the applicant, staff, witnesses, or members of the public who plan to speak or offer testimony during the public hearing, uh, if you can please rise now so I can swear you in. Do you promise or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
All right. Very good. Thank you so much. So board, a variance like a application for a special exception, the hearing is quasi judicial in nature uh which requires uh that we comply with certain procedural requirements established in Florida law. Uh these proceedings are
more formal than uh normal proceedings but are less formal than a a normal judicial proceeding. Uh any decision made by the board must be based on competent substantial evidence uh presented to the board during this hearing. Uh, please note that only competent, substantial, fact-based testimony or evidence will be considered
by the board in its deliberation and in voting on this item. Pure speculation or mere opinion is not enough uh to satisfy that requirement. If you have any questions about that, please let me know during the meeting. Uh, and at this time, Corey, has this uh Adam item been
properly advertised? It has. All right. Very good. And the record reflects that. Uh, I'll I'll note for the record. All right. And if at this time uh there are no questions from the board, I think staff's ready to go. Okay. So, we have no old business. Under new bar business, we have one variance
request and it's case number PZ-25-16. And u who's going to present that to us first? You. Um I can and then we'll let the uh owner come up and then we'll uh There's a couple of
gentlemen here who may want to speak. Right. So, staff report um case file PZ25-16. This is a request for a 6-foot reduction to the 25- ft front yard setback requirement in the RS1 zone district.
Um, and the zoning for 25 foot setback is under section 2-06 of the city code. Um staff agrees with the allowance of this
based on a few few facts that um I saw. The owner's house was built on an angle to the property lines. Um and so they're not um set like normal houses at this point. Um I see a minimal impact to the
setback. a total of 5 56 square feet um total with the addition that's been proposed. They would um impact the setback by six feet at the most at the largest point. Um this would help the face of the house
stay um consistently square. Um doesn't look like there'll be any impact to the neighbors. This is on a deadend road. Um, and um, there's only one other um, house across the street
from them. Um, so I don't really see any impact on the neighbors. This is a family-owned um, and lived in home that's been there for two generations now, right? Two generations. Um, and I really don't see any issue with
the street down there. It's a no parking, no towing, no launching um end of the street. And that's what I have to say. Oh, okay. Guess would the applicant like to come up and address us?
That should be green, so you should be able to speak into it. I'm Andrew Sparkman. I'm the uh inheritance owner of the property itself. And it's a long time. I grew up in this
house. Looking at the layout and the space uh looking at the the uh triangle there. It's it's a minor thing, but it actually impacts the Visibility of the house
because of the ba master bathroom and closet are rather small. So this is where the addition is needed. We're going to follow all the rules as required. Thank you for your time. I'm ready if I'm allowed to.
Almost there. It's pretty close. I'm sorry. My name is Joel Richson. I'm a resident of of the neighborhood. I live on Valley Road uh at the end of Valley and and Nassau next to where the West Falls used to live. And I'm just here to
understand. I saw these signs and I'm not really sure from a layman's standpoint. Could you explain to me this is in the front of the house, in the back of the house, the side of the house? This is part of the part of the partition.
My name is Trevor. I live at 78 Nassau which is immediate opposite the property you're talking about. And just to confirm, we have no objection whatsoever to