HomeMy WebLinkAboutRegarding tonight's hearingWhat are the criteria you and this Board of Adjustment will use to
respond to the request for a “special exception” at tonight’s meeting?
ARE there any criteria?
Of the last ten requests for “special exemptions”/“special exceptions”
how many has the Board of Adjustment turned down after prior approval by
the Planning & Zoning Board?
I note in today’s Florida Today story an elaborate series of hearings
before the Cumberland Farms gas station can start building, but one gets
the feeling reading it that this is (perhaps always was?) a done deal,
or Cumberland Farms wouldn’t have applied in the first place.
I asked the reporter who covered the Planning & Zoning Board for
Florida Today how come his article gave all the reasons why the special
exemption should NOT be approved, gave no reasons whatever justifying
approval – and yet . . . surprise, surprise! 3 to 1 approval!! No
reasons, no text from the zoning standards justifying ruling for the
exception.
Cumberland Farms now has, as I understand it, a “conditional use”
permit – presumably the go ahead if they meet conditions required by the
Board of Adjustment and tree removal committee? So I go back to my lst
paragraph – what are those “conditions” they must satisfy?
Or is your approval automatic once the Planning Board has given its nod
of approval? And I presume the tree measurers will rule those trees can
come down because, after all, the Planning Board gave a special
exemption and the Board of Adjustment approved that.
Since in a mere l.4 acre plot, it’s unlikely you can fit a convenience
store and 14 gas pumps WITHOUT removing the trees, why wouldn’t that be
the first step not the last step?
maggy simony
cape canaveral FL
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