☐ Consent Agenda ☒Quasi-Judicial Public Hearing
☐ Regular Business 5:30 pm
☐ Public Hearing Other
DEPARTMENT: Planning & Zoning
SUBMITTED BY: Laura McClelland
PRESENTED BY: Misty Servia
TITLE & DESCRIPTION:
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Resolution / Craig's RV Park Inc. (Hahn Towers Inc.) / Special Exception (USE-0215-2025)
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REQUESTED MOTION:
Enter into the record the Development Review Report, and all other competent substantial evidence presented at the hearing, adopt the findings and conclusions contained herein, and make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners to adopt the proposed Resolution.
SUMMARY:
The applicant has applied for a Special Exception use application (USE-0215-2025) to construct a 195’ monopole communications tower and corresponding 3,000 sq ft fenced compound on a vacant +/- 8.28-acre parcel, located between NE Cubitis Ave and NE Highway 17 with frontage on both roads. The property is zoned Agricultural - 10 (A-10) and located in the Rural/Agricultural Future Land Use Category.
BACKGROUND:
The subject parcel is located on NE Highway 17 (See Exhibit A) and is owned by Craig’s RV Park Inc. The applicant is requesting a Special Exception to allow a communications tower on site. The property is currently vacant.
The 2040 Future Land Use Map shows the property is located within the Rural/Agricultural Future Land Use Category and the Official Zoning District Atlas shows the property is zoned Agricultural - 10 (A-10). The subject parcel is non-conforming at +/- 8.28-acres as it does not meet the required minimum lot size of 10 acres in the A-10 zoning district; however, it is a Lot of Record.
The LDR defines the proposed use as a “communications tower” and the use is referred to as a “communication transmitting and receiving facilities, non-occupied” in the A-10 zoning district.
Craig’s RV Park, Inc. received approval of a variance (Resolution 2023-01) on November 7, 2023, by the Board of Adjustments to allow a single-family residence with a barn for livestock on an 8.28-acre parcel. The corresponding staff report stated that some of the original site acreage was taken by FDOT for US 17 improvements, which may have been the reason for the non-conforming lot size, but the case file lacked any documentation confirming this assumption. The variance was approved to allow a single-family residence with a barn for livestock. No building permits or construction occurred since approval of this variance and staff recommends a condition revoking the variance so that the Special Exception for the communications tower can be approved, and that a resolution be adopted repealing Resolution 2023-01.