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Good morning.

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Welcome to the Planning Board meeting on
Thursday, August 13th, 2026

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at 9:30. Please silence your cell
phones.

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Uh, Mr. Hart, will you have roll call,
please?

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» Member Mendelson.
>> Here.

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» Member Powell.
>> Uh, present.

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» Member Axelrod.
>> Here.

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» Uh,
Vice Chair Davis.

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» Here.
>> Chairperson Rosen.

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» Here.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you. With that, let's all rise for
the Pledge of Allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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May I have a call for a motion to accept
the agenda as it has been presented?

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» I so call.
>> Second.

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» All in favor?
I. Any opposed?

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Okay. We're up to swearing in of the
public. For those who are giving

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testimony, please stand and raise your
right hand to be sworn in and by and

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provide testimony for the application
you are affiliated with. Mr. Hart,

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please swear in those giving testimony.
>> By the authority vested in me as a

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notary of the state of Florida, do you
swear or affirm that the testimony that

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you're about to give is the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

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Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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Are there any corrections to the minutes
from our last meeting of July 9th?

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Hearing none, may I have a motion to
approve those minutes as presented?

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» I move that we approve the minutes as
presented.

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» Is there a second?
>> Second.

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» All in favor? I.
There being no unfinished business, we

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will move on to new business.
And we are up to development order

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application number PZ-26-7-SPEX,

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Perry Reader.
This is an application by Aqua Mandar

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for boat lifts and docks of South
Florida for a special exception in order

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to install a 13,000-lb capacity boat
lift for the property located at 2916

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South Ocean Boulevard Townhouse 1.
Does any board member have any ex parte

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communications to disclose?
>> No.

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» Hearing none at this time, I open the
public hearing. Town Planner Allen,

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please present the application.
>> Good morning, Ingrid Allen, Town

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Planner.
Um, we'll go ahead and start with the

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aerials of the subject property. These
start on page 12 of your packets.

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Uh, so as you can see, this is part of
the Trafalgar Condominium. And then on

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the west side, there's these uh, three
townhouses. This is the subject property

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here. You could see the existing dock
dock as well.

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And here's a better look at the dock
looking eastward. Again, this is the uh

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property. I put the address on the roof.
And this is the area where the proposed

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lift is going to be located.
Um so, as indicated, this is a special

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exception. This is going to be a
four-piling

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uh 13,000-lb capacity lift. Um there's
an existing wood dock, as you can see

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from the aerial. Um the applicant has
received both FDEP and Army Corps

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authorizations. Those file numbers are
in your staff report, and the

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authorizations are in your backup as
well. Uh we'll go ahead and take a look

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at the plans. These are the 11 by 13
sheets that are in your packets. Uh this

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is the survey of the property. Again,
this is the subject property here.

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Um here you have the existing
conditions. Uh you could see there's an

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existing lift there. Um and here you
have the proposed site plan. Again, here

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you have the 13,000-lb capacity lift. Um
as you can see uh from the aerials and

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on on the site plan, uh there's the
Intracoastal Waterway. Uh so, and I

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indicate this in the staff report, uh
this lift is exempt from the waterward

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extension regulations that we have in
the code, which is that you can't extend

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more than 25 ft or 25% the width of the
waterway, whichever's less. Obviously,

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this doesn't apply here. Um uh any uh
lift for accessory marine facilities

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that are on the Intracoastal Waterway
are exempt. Um and then we'll go to the

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detail sheet for the actual boat lift.
Um I indicate also in the staff report,

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uh we have a regulation in the code
about a maximum height for lifting

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devices. Um that max is base flood
elevation plus 8 ft. Um the base flood

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elevation for this property is 7 ft, and
the top of the lift measures 9.5 ft, so

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they are um in compliance uh with the
code.

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Um the planning board has the ability to
approve, approve the conditions, or deny

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the request.
This again for a special exception. Our

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staff reviewed the applicant's proposed
request to include the plan set which

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was date stamped received by the
building department on July 16th.

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Um and the application is consistent
with the special exception provisions of

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the town code where applicable and
consistent with the town's comprehensive

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planning code of ordinances. I'll be
glad to address any questions. We also

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have the authorized agent here from the
uh applicant so they'll be happy to

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address questions as well.

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» Do any board members have any questions
or the staff?

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Go ahead, Eileen.
>> You said there was an existing boat

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lift. Is it for that unit or one of the
other ones?

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» Um for another unit.
>> Uh in that those three? Yeah. Is it next

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to it or the one other the one at the
the other end? I couldn't see.

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» To the I'll show you on the aerial. It's
not a problem.

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» Oh, I see. That would be difficult.
>> If you go to your EC sheet, the 11 by

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17, you'll see an existing boat lift
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» Yeah.
>> Uh it's probably for the condominium in

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the middle, unit um number two. If you
look at that EC sheet, it shows that

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it's unit number two.
Which is uh 2914

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is the number of that uh the address of
that property.

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» Okay. Just And just curiously, how big
is that one?

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» Um when you look at the survey,
um let's see. It does give

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It looks like it goes out it measures
from the property line 20 ft .5

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20.5 ft inches from the property line.
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I I I don't know that actual it's like a
13,000 lb. I don't know what

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» Right. How much is that? Okay.
>> We don't know.

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» Got it.
>> on the survey, yeah.

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» Okay. Thank you.
Are there any other questions for Ms.

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Allen?

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Okay.
Applicant,

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if you want to make your presentation,
you may now come forward to do so.

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Please provide your name, business, uh
and affiliation with the application.

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Okay.
Do board members have any questions for

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the applicant?
Okay. Are there any public comments?

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There not being anybody from the public
present.

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I think the ghost of public. Okay, we
can move on.

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All right. Are there any other questions
from the

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from the board for the staff or the
applicants?

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With that said, the public hearing is
now closed.

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Is there a motion to approve, a motion
to approve with conditions, or a motion

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to deny the request?
>> I move we approve the request.

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» Is there a second?
>> Second.

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» Okay. All those in favor?
>> I think Mr. Hart.

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Vice Chair David.
>> Yes.

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» Member Mendelson.
>> Yes.

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» Member Powell.
>> Yes.

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» Member Axelrad.
>> Yes.

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» Chairperson Rosen.
>> Yes.

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» Motion carries. Thank you.
>> Motion is passed. [snorts]

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» The
>> That being all that's on the agenda for

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now, we're on to announcements. The next
meeting will be September 10th at 9:30.

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» It's my last meeting.
>> Um and this meeting is now adjourned at

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9:38. Thank you.