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i SUBJECT: Appeals by Steve and Linda Brown and the North Beach Civic Association of a Planning and Zoning Commission Decision to Approve a Major Site Plan for a 7 Unit Building for the Atlas Development Company It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of April 3, 2001. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS Steve and Linda Brown and the North Beach Civic Association have each filed separate appeals of a decision by the Planning and Zoning Commission to approve a site plan for a proposed seven -unit condominium building on a north barrier island oceanfront site. At its February 22, 2001 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6 to 1 to approve the project with conditions. The two appeals have been consolidated under a single item in an effort to provide a more efficient means of Board of County Commissioners' consideration. For reference, please refer to the staff report and minutes from the February 22, 2001 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting (See attachment #2). According to the county's land development regulations (LDRs), appeals of decisions of the Planning and Zoning Commission are considered by the Board of County Commissioners. The Board is authorized to review the Planning and Zoning Commission's decision and approve, approve with conditions, or deny the subject site plan application. The site plan application now under appeal was submitted by Knight, McGuire & Associates, Inc. on behalf of Atlas Development Corp. This application reflects the applicant's proposal to develop a 7 unit condominium building. Located between SR A -1-A and the Atlantic Ocean, the 1.83 acre subject property is just north of the Summer Place subdivision, and is zoned multi -family (RM -4). The homes located south of the subject site in Summer Place were built in the 1970's and are located seaward of the 1987 Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) and in some cases up to and partially seaward of the 1981 CCCL. North of the subject site, there is a more recently constructed home that is located just landward of the 1987 CCCL. That home is owned by appellants Steve and Linda Brown. The Atlas Development Company is proposing a single three story building containing 7 units with a separate pool. The entire building and approximately one-half of the pool area are to be located landward of the 1987 CCCL with the remaining portion of the pool area located east of the 1987 CCCL. As proposed, the Atlas Development project will have a single driveway connection to SR A -1-A to provide access to the 7 units. As required by the county's land development regulations, the site plan depicts a landscaped Type "D"double frontage buffer along the south property line (Sandalwood Lane). t Over the past year and a half, several site plan designs for the site have been proposed and submitted. The first project was known as the Boston Homes/Orchid Dune project, and proposed two units and two guest cottages with building area located seaward of the 1987 CCCL. That project was approved by the Board of County Commissioners and then appealed to court by surrounding property owners. The court overturned the Board's approval on procedural grounds. A second proposal was later submitted to construct a 7 -unit condominium building. was similar to the resent one, o That site plan p but proposed locating the condominium building partially seaward of the 1987 CCCL. The Board voted 5-0 to uphold the Planning and Zoning Commission's denial of the site plan application (see attachment #3). F April 3, 2001 61 BK I i i' PG