Good morning.
Welcome to the Planning Board meeting on Thursday, August 13th, 2026
at 9:30. Please silence your cell phones.
Uh, Mr. Hart, will you have roll call, please?
» Member Mendelson. >> Here.
» Member Powell. >> Uh, present.
» Member Axelrod. >> Here.
» Uh, Vice Chair Davis.
» Here. >> Chairperson Rosen.
» Here. >> Thank you.
» Thank you. With that, let's all rise for the Pledge of Allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
May I have a call for a motion to accept the agenda as it has been presented?
» I so call. >> Second.
» All in favor? I. Any opposed?
Okay. We're up to swearing in of the public. For those who are giving
testimony, please stand and raise your right hand to be sworn in and by and
provide testimony for the application you are affiliated with. Mr. Hart,
please swear in those giving testimony. >> By the authority vested in me as a
notary of the state of Florida, do you swear or affirm that the testimony that
you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Thank you. >> Thank you.
Are there any corrections to the minutes from our last meeting of July 9th?
Hearing none, may I have a motion to approve those minutes as presented?
» I move that we approve the minutes as presented.
» Is there a second? >> Second.
» All in favor? I. There being no unfinished business, we
will move on to new business. And we are up to development order
application number PZ-26-7-SPEX,
Perry Reader. This is an application by Aqua Mandar
for boat lifts and docks of South Florida for a special exception in order
to install a 13,000-lb capacity boat lift for the property located at 2916
South Ocean Boulevard Townhouse 1. Does any board member have any ex parte
communications to disclose? >> No.
» Hearing none at this time, I open the public hearing. Town Planner Allen,
please present the application. >> Good morning, Ingrid Allen, Town
Planner. Um, we'll go ahead and start with the
aerials of the subject property. These start on page 12 of your packets.
Uh, so as you can see, this is part of the Trafalgar Condominium. And then on
the west side, there's these uh, three townhouses. This is the subject property
here. You could see the existing dock dock as well.
And here's a better look at the dock looking eastward. Again, this is the uh
property. I put the address on the roof. And this is the area where the proposed
lift is going to be located. Um so, as indicated, this is a special
exception. This is going to be a four-piling
uh 13,000-lb capacity lift. Um there's an existing wood dock, as you can see
from the aerial. Um the applicant has received both FDEP and Army Corps
authorizations. Those file numbers are in your staff report, and the
authorizations are in your backup as well. Uh we'll go ahead and take a look
at the plans. These are the 11 by 13 sheets that are in your packets. Uh this
is the survey of the property. Again, this is the subject property here.
Um here you have the existing conditions. Uh you could see there's an
existing lift there. Um and here you have the proposed site plan. Again, here
you have the 13,000-lb capacity lift. Um as you can see uh from the aerials and
on on the site plan, uh there's the Intracoastal Waterway. Uh so, and I
indicate this in the staff report, uh this lift is exempt from the waterward
extension regulations that we have in the code, which is that you can't extend
more than 25 ft or 25% the width of the waterway, whichever's less. Obviously,
this doesn't apply here. Um uh any uh lift for accessory marine facilities
that are on the Intracoastal Waterway are exempt. Um and then we'll go to the
detail sheet for the actual boat lift. Um I indicate also in the staff report,
uh we have a regulation in the code about a maximum height for lifting
devices. Um that max is base flood elevation plus 8 ft. Um the base flood
elevation for this property is 7 ft, and the top of the lift measures 9.5 ft, so
they are um in compliance uh with the code.
Um the planning board has the ability to approve, approve the conditions, or deny
the request. This again for a special exception. Our
staff reviewed the applicant's proposed request to include the plan set which
was date stamped received by the building department on July 16th.
Um and the application is consistent with the special exception provisions of
the town code where applicable and consistent with the town's comprehensive
planning code of ordinances. I'll be glad to address any questions. We also
have the authorized agent here from the uh applicant so they'll be happy to
address questions as well.
» Do any board members have any questions or the staff?
Go ahead, Eileen. >> You said there was an existing boat
lift. Is it for that unit or one of the other ones?
» Um for another unit. >> Uh in that those three? Yeah. Is it next
to it or the one other the one at the the other end? I couldn't see.
» To the I'll show you on the aerial. It's not a problem.
» Oh, I see. That would be difficult. >> If you go to your EC sheet, the 11 by
17, you'll see an existing boat lift there.
» Yeah. >> Uh it's probably for the condominium in
the middle, unit um number two. If you look at that EC sheet, it shows that
it's unit number two. Which is uh 2914
is the number of that uh the address of that property.
» Okay. Just And just curiously, how big is that one?
» Um when you look at the survey, um let's see. It does give
It looks like it goes out it measures from the property line 20 ft .5
20.5 ft inches from the property line. Um
I I I don't know that actual it's like a 13,000 lb. I don't know what
» Right. How much is that? Okay. >> We don't know.
» Got it. >> on the survey, yeah.
» Okay. Thank you. Are there any other questions for Ms.
Allen?
Okay. Applicant,
if you want to make your presentation, you may now come forward to do so.
Please provide your name, business, uh and affiliation with the application.
Okay. Do board members have any questions for
the applicant? Okay. Are there any public comments?
There not being anybody from the public present.
I think the ghost of public. Okay, we can move on.
All right. Are there any other questions from the
from the board for the staff or the applicants?
With that said, the public hearing is now closed.
Is there a motion to approve, a motion to approve with conditions, or a motion
to deny the request? >> I move we approve the request.
» Is there a second? >> Second.
» Okay. All those in favor? >> I think Mr. Hart.
Vice Chair David. >> Yes.
» Member Mendelson. >> Yes.
» Member Powell. >> Yes.
» Member Axelrad. >> Yes.
» Chairperson Rosen. >> Yes.
» Motion carries. Thank you. >> Motion is passed. [snorts]
» The >> That being all that's on the agenda for
now, we're on to announcements. The next meeting will be September 10th at 9:30.
» It's my last meeting. >> Um and this meeting is now adjourned at
9:38. Thank you.