are quasi in nature. All decisions of the board will be based on competent substantial evidence including testimony provided in this meeting. Any person who is not an applicant or agent that wishes to speak will need to fill out a speaker card located on the side table by the door
and turn them into the clerk. Each member of the public will be given three minutes to speak in each item. Please refrain from speaking for the audience and applause or cheering will not be allowed. Please silence your cell phones. >> Okay. Uh can we have a roll call,
please? >> John Mortland >> here. >> Owen Curley >> here. Jeff Trullard, Matt Mets >> here, >> Laura Tyranny, Douglas Dell.
>> Okay. Uh, next on our agenda is the approval of minutes. Uh, these are for the, uh, port of adjustment training that was held on September 16th of 2025. Do we need to approve those? Those aren't really minutes. >> The attorney said that training should
be approved. >> Okay. So, >> I make a motion to approve board of adjustment training minutes from September 16th, 2025. >> Question. Since I was on at the meeting, can I really vote on whether or not? >> Oh, yes. Yes, you can.
>> Yes, sir. >> Okay, there's been a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Okay, it's been moved and seconded. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Okay, the board of adjustment training minutes have been approved. Uh,
is there any correspondence? >> No, no correspondence. >> Oh, okay. There's no correspondence. >> Uh, there's no old business. So, there's one new business. Can you call our first case, please? >> Board of adjustment calls case number BO825-100086.
Property address 528 South 3rd Avenue. Motion to consider 34-614 echo1 Charlie 2 for a sideyard setback of three feet in l of five feet to align proposed additions with current structure and to address current non-conformities at an existing family
home. >> Okay. Uh does any um member have any export communication? >> I have none. >> I've had none. >> And I have had none. Would the applicant please come forward to be sworn in and give their presentation?
>> Please raise your right hand, state your name and address. >> Your mic is turned off. I'm sorry. There's a little button on the front. >> It's got your grade. There you go. >> Ready? >> Yes. >> Julian Overby 2452 Pulan Street,
Jacksonville Beach, 32250. Okay. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give in this matter is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So, help you God. >> I do. Thank you. >> Go ahead, please. Um, so we purchased
this property on um, Third I always say it wrong, Third Avenue South. Um, with the, um, intention of keeping the structure as it was and allowing it to continue to be a one-story single family home instead of taking it down and
building a big duplex, which everyone's doing. Um, we felt like it would uh, match the area. Um, we also have I don't know if you guys know that I'm an architect in town and so I do a lot of projects um where I'm always working for others and investing their investors or
whatever. And so I'm always doing it for everyone else. So finally we decided to do it for ourselves. Um we have um three adult children who will never be able to afford to buy at the beach. And so our concept is is that we want to keep this as a home that young adults could afford
um and could buy. And so we're doing the very best we can to keep as much of the structure as we can. Create a small three-bedroom, two bath house um with a small living room and a kitchen and a back porch and a detached garage, but that it will allow young adults to
continue to be in the area instead of us just continuing to outpric ourselves. Um that's my personal opinion. The house has a huge story um which our families been have have had a good time getting to know. Um there were 14 people on the deed. I know this is not pertinent to
the answer here, but there were 14 people on the deed. The home originally um was was owned by a person named Pinky. Um she when she died, it got passed down, passed down, passed down. At this point, the house has the lot and
house has been vacant for 15 years. It's essentially been a dumping ground. um my family and our dear close friends, we've all gone in and cleaned up the yard, which was layers and layers of trash, debris, clothing, bottles, you name it. So, we're just
trying to bring this thing back up to life. Um when we finally closed on the property, because there wasn't a lot of due diligence to be done, there was black mold inside. There was no there's not been any power, any um water to the property, so there was no major uh due diligence that needed to be done. We
knew we were going to do everything we could to just bring it back. Um when we finally closed and I got the survey, I realized that we're three foot back um from the side setback, which is required five feet now. So um long end of the story is is I'm requesting three feet in
lie of five feet for the side setback. Um I tried to talk to the neighbor on the side that it would um involve. They're very sweet family. They've been very very kind to us. offered their front yard for our yard debris, all sorts of stuff. He's currently in the hospital, so he wasn't able to write me
a note. Um, but the side that we're looking for the three feet for is actually the rear of their property. So, we're not affecting them in that aspect. And if we are, we're affecting them positively because they've been
living with the trash that's been next door for 15 years. So, um, any questions for me or, >> uh, just one, it doesn't have a detached garage now. Correct. Correct. >> Correct. >> So, you're going to put that in. >> Yeah, we're going to put the detached
garage off of the, um, alley. Um, none of the houses necessarily all they there's not necessarily garages up and down the street. And I know it's not a requirement anymore, but originally that's always been a requirement for this in from my experience that you have
to you need a garage. And so we kind of went along the lines of doing it. And so now it's it's something that I think will benefit the the area and the property specifically. >> And and does that need a setback um
variance as well or is it just it's the I know the house is the way this is >> my concern is the main house. Um the the garage as I've designed it is five feet off the property line on both sides as a detached structure would normally be. But that was a question I had and I'm
good either way. But my question is if we do get the three-foot setback and maybe I can ask you guys um after this, but if we do get the three-foot setback um reduction, does that mean the detach can also be three feet or should it also stay at the five?
>> Uh well, you're you're requesting your request was a three foot setback in lie of five feet to align with the existing structure >> for the primary. Yeah. So, I would think it would be the existing house. >> Gotcha. Not the detached structure. The detached would follow its own rules.
Yeah. Okay. Perfect. >> Okay. Does anybody else have any questions? >> I have none. >> I have none. >> Okay. All right. Thank you. Step back. >> Okay. Uh I will now open the public hearing. Do we have any speakers cards?
>> No. Okay. Okay. Well, I'll close the public hearing um and bring the item back to the board for discussion. Is there a motion? >> I make a motion to approve BOA number 25-1000 86 based on the substantial confident evidence presented in the staff report
and all relevant testimony presented at this hearing and that the motion meets all the standards for our variances outlined in section 34-572 of the Jacksonville Beach Land Development Code. >> Second. >> Okay, it's moved and seconded. Any discussion? I think we have an existing structure
that is the um hardship that they face and not having to tear that down and create a new structure. This is bringing it to code. Um I think the three feet uh is reasonable uh relative to to that uh stipulation as noted in the staff report
and by the applicant. The rear edition will meet the code for five feet. So, uh I think it's it's important to amend this request such that the three feet variance is um tied to the
structure on the property so that if anything happens in the future where a different structure is erected, the the code would then be reinforced. So with that in mind, I would like to make a motion to amend my previous
motion to approve this variance uh with the stipulation that the sideyard setback of 3 ft in li of 5t be attached to the existing structure. Based on that modification, I think the request does meet all the standards for
variances outlined in section 34-572. Okay, the amendment has been moved. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. Uh, any discussion on the amendment? >> Okay. Can we have a vote on the amendment? >> John Morlin? >> Yes.
>> Matt Mets? >> Yes. >> Owen Curley? >> Yes. Okay. So, now the motion is amended. Um, do we need any discussion on that? >> I don't. No. >> Okay. Can we have a uh a roll vote a
roll vote on the u the motion as amended? >> John Morland, >> yes. >> Matt Matts, >> yes. >> Owen Curley, >> yes. Okay. Your request for variance has been approved as amended. Thank you.
Okay. Uh planning department report. >> The next uh board of adjustments will be on December 16th and we have one case. Oh, we will have one on the 16th. >> Okay. Uh, courtesy of the Florida visitors.
Anyone? Anyone? Anyone? Okay. >> Seeing how there's no visitors. >> Uh, is there a motion to adjurnn? >> I move. >> Second. >> Moved and second. All in favor? >> I >> I >> Okay, ajourned. Thank you.
>> Thank you.