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a'ooK �. , 69 F;�1�,r.; •ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS: Applicable Regulations Section 6(a) of the subdivision ordinance regulates lot splits and recombinations and, among other things, requires that resulting lots: a. meet the lot size and dimension standards for the applicable zoning district; b. (if lying in a platted subdivision) be at least as large as the smallest lot in the subdivision; and c. conform to applicable zoning and subdivision ordinance standards. The proposed re -configuration meets the first two criteria. However, the re -configuration with direct access to 12th Street does not meet the third criteria and does not conform to the following two regulations: 1. Section 10 (g) (3) c of the subdivision ordinance, which states that: "Access restrictions on single-family lots. On single- family lots having frontage on more than one roadway, access shall be restricted to the roadway with the lower functional classification." 2. Section 25(t) of the zoning ordinance, which states that: "Access to any lot in a subdivision from an arterial or - primary or secondary collector street _is prohibited and limited access easements shall be provided -along- such streets. Subdivisions will be designed to provide access to lots by use of local streets." A re -configuration that results in lots -directly accessing 12th Street with a -new driveway connection violates the two regulations _cited above, .and can ,only be approved by the -granting of a variance from the subdivision ordinance by the Board of County Commissibners. _ Variance Request.�• , Pursuant to•section 11(b) of the subdivision'ordinance, the Board" shall not approve a variance unless it finds all of the following: 111. The particular physical conditions, shape or topography of the specific property involved would cause an undue hardship to the applicant if the strict letter of the ordinance is carried out; --� 2. The granting of the waiver will not cause injury to adjacent property or any natural resource; 3. The conditions upon which a request for waiver are based are unique to the property for which the waiver is sought and are not generally ..applicable to other property in the adjacent areas and do not result from actions of the applicant; and 4. The waiver is consistent with the intent and purpose of the Indian River County Zoning Ordinance, the Indian River County Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and this ordinance." In.staff's opinion, two of the four criteria are not satisfied. 1. (criteria #2) Action of the applicant and general applicability. The applicant has created the hardship by selling -off all frontage along 11th Place without retaining a 23