Agenda Item: 13
Prepared By: Mary P. Holden, Planning Manager
Business: Resolution
Department: Community Affairs/Growth Management
Subject:
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Resolution - Variance Petition (VP-24-000249) Request to Sec. 30-441(g), Landscape Buffer Width for Property Located at 750 Bald Eagle Drive, Marco Island, FL 34145 - Mary P. Holden, Planning Manager, Community Affairs/Growth Management
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
United Church of Marco Island has submitted an application for approval of a variance to permit a front yard buffer of 10 feet, as opposed to the required 20-foot front yard buffer for the development on the property located at 750 Bald Eagle Drive, Marco Island. This request is running concurrently with SDP-24-000246. The public notice sent to adjacent property owners indicated this variance request, as well as a variance request for the required 10-foot rear yard buffer. In examining the request and our codes, the rear yard buffer is not required pursuant to Sec. 30-441 (g) of the City's Land Development Code, which provides as follows: "The town center mixed use district right-of-way buffer requirements shall not apply to roadways internal to the development or along alleys,.." Therefore, the variance request and related review are for the front yard buffer only.
Sec. 30-441. (g)Types of buffers. Within a required buffer area, the following alternative shall be used based on the matrix in Table 2.
"Alternative C: A landscape buffer shall be required adjacent to any road right-of-way external to the development project. Said landscape buffer shall be consistent with the provisions of the city master plan, which is incorporated by reference herein. The minimum width of the perimeter landscape buffer shall vary according to the ultimate width of the abutting right-of-way. Where the ultimate width of the right-of-way is zero to 99 feet, the corresponding landscape buffer shall measure at least ten feet in width. Where the ultimate width of the ...
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