Okay. Before we hear the case today, I have to read the guidelines by which this board operates. This is a public hearing and we are the zoning board of adjustments for Putnham County, Florida. We operate under the authority of articles 11 and 12 of the land development code as
amended. The primary responsibility of the board is to hear and decide appeals challenging final determinations made by the planning and development services department under the land development code and to hear and act upon requests for variances, special use permits, non-conu non-conforming use
determinations and preliminary development plans under the land development code. Today we have a variance. So I will read that section. A variance is relaxation of the requirements of the zoning code in a particular case where because of unusual circumstances, a literal enforcement of
our zoning code would result in undue or unnecessary hardship. The zoning code permits us to authorize variances for height, size of structure, size of yards, and open spaces. If we grant a variance, we may impose reasonable conditions on the use of the property,
which must be satisfied if the variance is to remain valid. The standards we use in deciding whether or not to grant a variance are listed in section 45-833 of the land development code. Procedurally, we will call each case by name and number. A member of the staff
will then briefly explain to us the nature of each request. We will then take any comments from the applicant or their representative followed by any public comments concerning the request. Please direct all comments and statements to the board and not to other people in the audience. Before speaking,
we will ask that each person be recognized come forward to the lectern and identify his or herself by name and address. After all persons wishing to speak have been heard, we will entertain a motion from the board. The motion will be voted on by board members and become our final order. Any decision made by
this board can be appealed at the circuit court. However, any appeal must be filed within 30 days after the board of adjustments has rendered the final order which is being appealed. Are there any questions? Okay. Before the first case is heard, all of those wishing to speak
today will need to be sworn in. So, will the deputy clerk please administer the oath? Okay, before we hear the staff uh on this case, we need to do a variance 25-0000006. We need to do an expporte
communication andor conflict of interest roll call. No. No. No. No. No. No.
Okay. Staff. Thank you, Madam Chair. Good afternoon, members of the board. For the record, Zachary Baker, Planning and Development Services. This is case variance 25-00006. The applicant is Cynthia Rutled who resides at 117 Broward Cove
Road in Pomona Park, Florida. Her parcel is 73 acres in size in the the residential estate zoning district and within the agriculture future land use category. This request would uh seek a
reduction of the sideyard setback by 12 feet and a reduction of the waterfront set back by 23 feet. The applicants are requesting a setback reduction to rebuild a home that was burned uh burned down in 2024.
The lot is a legally existing non-conforming lot in the residential estate zoning district and it fails to meet the dimensional requirements of that zoning district. It is part of the Lake Broward unrecorded subdivision and
had the parcel been a non-estate zoning district, in other words, R1 or R2, um, and had it not been located in an unvested subdivision, then a variance would not be required for this case.
Here you can see an aerial of the property. I want to take a moment to highlight that that northern property line is adjacent to a canal because a canal is considered a natural water body. Uh the setback from that property
line is 50 ft. The southernmost property line being the inner side property is 20 foot setback. The maximum width of this parcel is 85 ft. So if the applicant were to adhere to the setbacks, a mere
15 ft wide house would be permitted on this site. Of course, that is kind of unreasonable to expect to be achieved. Here we can see the zoning district for the subject parcel and surrounding lands. Future land use, again it's
agriculture. Here we can see the special flood hazard areas. Uh the location in which the house would be developed is flood zone X. And here we have a wetland map showing the apparent jurisdictional wetlands for the
area. The the next like eight slides are the issuance criteria which is kind of just a summarization of what's provided in your staff reports. Um I don't necessarily think we need to go over each one of them as it is again in the staff report which is part of the record
and the agenda. Uh so I will skip through but if there are any questions about these uh criterion or the analysis provided I'd be happy to answer them. Uh staff finds that the requested variance meets the majority of the criteria required for issuance of a variance as
provided in LDC section 45-833. Staff recommends approval of the requested variance to allow a reduction in side setbacks from 20 foot to 8 foot, a 12t reduction, and a waterfront setback
reduction from 50 foot to 27 foot, a 23 foot reduction. And that would be for this 73 acre property in the residential estate zoning district located at 117 uh Broward Cove Road in Pomona Park. And
I can take any questions. Any questions for staff? Okay. Thank you. Before we proceed, let's do a site visit. Roll call, please. No. Marker. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. No. Okay. All right. Um, Miss Cynthia Rutled, would you like to come forward and address the board since you're the
applicant? Please state your name and address for the record. Give me just a second. I'm so Are you okay? Okay. Talk into the mic because you're My name is Cynthia Ritch, 117 Broward Cove
Road. It's a a beautiful home built in 1981 and and it burned down and I'm just trying to rebuild the same footprint on the same piece of property. I lost a lot of things in a fire, but I'm ready to just move forward with some
a beautiful new home. So, if you would consider that, it would be greatly appreciated. That's all. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. I think she was the only one that was sworn in. Correct. Okay. U at this time, is there anyone in the audience
wishing to come forward and speak in favor of the application? No one's coming forward. Anyone wishing to come Okay. You need to be sworn in then if you're coming. Okay. Please come forward and state your
name and address for the record. Uh my name is Evan Bond. I work for the general contractor. It's been uh You can pull it up the mic up so because you very difficult to hear you. Sorry. I I work with the uh general contractor that's been working with Miss Rutled. Um
we are located at 2711 Simol Village Drive in Middberg, Florida. And we are just trying to help Miss Rutled out because she had a home that was built there. Uh it burned down, you know, awful disaster. And we're not asking for anything more than what she had previously. It's not going to be bigger.
It's not smaller. Can't really build a home with 15 feet of space. Um, you know, she's been trying to move around, have somewhere to stay until she could have a home built. We got a permit with the building department, which might have been miscommunication between me and them of setbacks because everything
was approved for what we planned and then come to find out after the fact, these setbacks were not what we they what we thought they were. So, we are just trying to help her out and get a home built for her to live in so she doesn't have to move from someone's house to someone's house. And that's it.
Okay. All right. Any questions? Thank you, sir. Okay. I'm going to go back to anyone in the audience wishing to come forward and speak in favor. Anyone in the audience wishing to come forward and speak in opposition? At this time, no one's coming forward. So,
at this time, we'll close this section of the board to the public and then open it up for board discussion and motion. Madame Chair, I move we approve variance number Can you pull a variance number up for me, please on the screen, Zach?
Thank you. 20 [Music] 25-00006 as it meets the criteria. Variance is required by section 45-833 of the Putnham County Land Development Code. There are no conditions applied
and authorize the chair to sign the final order. Second. We have a motion and second to approve variance 25-00006. Is there any further discussion? If none, all those in favor, please indicate by raising your right hand. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Motion carries 70.
Um, there is a 30-day appeal process. So, if there's any issues, make sure you work closely with staff and good luck in your endeavor and sorry about your loss. Okay. at this time. Uh, we have any old business that we need to take care of?
And any new business? Yeah, Madam Chair, if I may. I know that some of you have already been apprised of this situation, but we do have two new staff members, uh, two planners, well, a planner and a development review clerk working for us in the planning and zoning department.
Uh, Kristen Price is our development review clerk. She replaced Jenny Kidd about three or four weeks ago. And then in the audience here is Mr. Ethan Thompson. He replaced Jennifer Gazelle as our newest planner. Uh so both of them have been a wonderful act of the
team. Uh we we look forward to having you know more work come from them. Um but I just want to introduce those two new people to you. Thank you. Welcome aboard. Well, at this time um we need to
approve the minutes for April 26, 2025. Has everybody had a chance to read them? Move to be approved as read. We have a motion and a second to approve April 26, 2025 minutes. All in favor say I. All oppose. Same like sign. Motion carry 70.
So if there's nothing else for us to do today, how about a motion to adjurnn? Madam chair, motion to adjurnn. All right, we have a motion to adjurnn. All in favor say I. We're adjourned.