[2:39] Good morning.
[2:42] Welcome to the Planning Board meeting on
[2:44] Thursday, August 13th, 2026
[2:47] at 9:30. Please silence your cell
[2:50] phones.
[2:53] Uh, Mr. Hart, will you have roll call,
[2:56] please?
[2:57] » Member Mendelson.
[2:58] » Here.
[2:59] » Member Powell.
[3:00] » Uh, present.
[3:01] » Member Axelrod.
[3:03] » Here.
[3:04] » Uh,
[3:04] Vice Chair Davis.
[3:06] » Here.
[3:07] » Chairperson Rosen.
[3:09] » Here.
[3:09] » Thank you.
[3:10] » Thank you. With that, let's all rise for
[3:13] the Pledge of Allegiance.
[3:18] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[3:20] United States of America and to the
[3:23] republic for which it stands, one nation
[3:26] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[3:30] justice for all.
[3:35] May I have a call for a motion to accept
[3:38] the agenda as it has been presented?
[3:40] » I so call.
[3:42] » Second.
[3:43] » All in favor?
[3:45] I. Any opposed?
[3:47] Okay. We're up to swearing in of the
[3:49] public. For those who are giving
[3:51] testimony, please stand and raise your
[3:54] right hand to be sworn in and by and
[3:57] provide testimony for the application
[4:00] you are affiliated with. Mr. Hart,
[4:02] please swear in those giving testimony.
[4:05] » By the authority vested in me as a
[4:06] notary of the state of Florida, do you
[4:08] swear or affirm that the testimony that
[4:10] you're about to give is the truth, the
[4:12] whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
[4:14] Thank you.
[4:15] » Thank you.
[4:17] Are there any corrections to the minutes
[4:19] from our last meeting of July 9th?
[4:23] Hearing none, may I have a motion to
[4:25] approve those minutes as presented?
[4:27] » I move that we approve the minutes as
[4:30] presented.
[4:30] » Is there a second?
[4:31] » Second.
[4:33] » All in favor? I.
[4:36] There being no unfinished business, we
[4:38] will move on to new business.
[4:41] And we are up to development order
[4:45] application number PZ-26-7-SPEX,
[4:53] Perry Reader.
[4:55] This is an application by Aqua Mandar
[4:58] for boat lifts and docks of South
[5:01] Florida for a special exception in order
[5:04] to install a 13,000-lb capacity boat
[5:07] lift for the property located at 2916
[5:11] South Ocean Boulevard Townhouse 1.
[5:15] Does any board member have any ex parte
[5:18] communications to disclose?
[5:22] » No.
[5:23] » Hearing none at this time, I open the
[5:25] public hearing. Town Planner Allen,
[5:28] please present the application.
[5:31] » Good morning, Ingrid Allen, Town
[5:33] Planner.
[5:34] Um, we'll go ahead and start with the
[5:35] aerials of the subject property. These
[5:38] start on page 12 of your packets.
[5:40] Uh, so as you can see, this is part of
[5:42] the Trafalgar Condominium. And then on
[5:44] the west side, there's these uh, three
[5:46] townhouses. This is the subject property
[5:49] here. You could see the existing dock
[5:50] dock as well.
[5:52] And here's a better look at the dock
[5:54] looking eastward. Again, this is the uh
[5:57] property. I put the address on the roof.
[6:00] And this is the area where the proposed
[6:01] lift is going to be located.
[6:04] Um so, as indicated, this is a special
[6:06] exception. This is going to be a
[6:07] four-piling
[6:09] uh 13,000-lb capacity lift. Um there's
[6:12] an existing wood dock, as you can see
[6:13] from the aerial. Um the applicant has
[6:16] received both FDEP and Army Corps
[6:18] authorizations. Those file numbers are
[6:20] in your staff report, and the
[6:22] authorizations are in your backup as
[6:23] well. Uh we'll go ahead and take a look
[6:25] at the plans. These are the 11 by 13
[6:29] sheets that are in your packets. Uh this
[6:31] is the survey of the property. Again,
[6:33] this is the subject property here.
[6:37] Um here you have the existing
[6:39] conditions. Uh you could see there's an
[6:41] existing lift there. Um and here you
[6:45] have the proposed site plan. Again, here
[6:48] you have the 13,000-lb capacity lift. Um
[6:52] as you can see uh from the aerials and
[6:54] on on the site plan, uh there's the
[6:57] Intracoastal Waterway. Uh so, and I
[7:00] indicate this in the staff report, uh
[7:02] this lift is exempt from the waterward
[7:04] extension regulations that we have in
[7:06] the code, which is that you can't extend
[7:07] more than 25 ft or 25% the width of the
[7:10] waterway, whichever's less. Obviously,
[7:12] this doesn't apply here. Um uh any uh
[7:15] lift for accessory marine facilities
[7:17] that are on the Intracoastal Waterway
[7:18] are exempt. Um and then we'll go to the
[7:21] detail sheet for the actual boat lift.
[7:24] Um I indicate also in the staff report,
[7:26] uh we have a regulation in the code
[7:28] about a maximum height for lifting
[7:30] devices. Um that max is base flood
[7:32] elevation plus 8 ft. Um the base flood
[7:35] elevation for this property is 7 ft, and
[7:38] the top of the lift measures 9.5 ft, so
[7:41] they are um in compliance uh with the
[7:44] code.
[7:46] Um the planning board has the ability to
[7:49] approve, approve the conditions, or deny
[7:51] the request.
[7:53] This again for a special exception. Our
[7:55] staff reviewed the applicant's proposed
[7:57] request to include the plan set which
[7:59] was date stamped received by the
[8:00] building department on July 16th.
[8:02] Um and the application is consistent
[8:05] with the special exception provisions of
[8:06] the town code where applicable and
[8:08] consistent with the town's comprehensive
[8:10] planning code of ordinances. I'll be
[8:12] glad to address any questions. We also
[8:14] have the authorized agent here from the
[8:17] uh applicant so they'll be happy to
[8:19] address questions as well.
[8:23] » Do any board members have any questions
[8:26] or the staff?
[8:29] Go ahead, Eileen.
[8:29] » You said there was an existing boat
[8:31] lift. Is it for that unit or one of the
[8:33] other ones?
[8:34] » Um for another unit.
[8:35] » Uh in that those three? Yeah. Is it next
[8:38] to it or the one other the one at the
[8:40] the other end? I couldn't see.
[8:41] » To the I'll show you on the aerial. It's
[8:43] not a problem.
[8:44] » Oh, I see. That would be difficult.
[8:47] » If you go to your EC sheet, the 11 by
[8:49] 17, you'll see an existing boat lift
[8:51] there.
[8:52] » Yeah.
[8:53] » Uh it's probably for the condominium in
[8:55] the middle, unit um number two. If you
[8:58] look at that EC sheet, it shows that
[8:59] it's unit number two.
[9:02] Which is uh 2914
[9:05] is the number of that uh the address of
[9:07] that property.
[9:08] » Okay. Just And just curiously, how big
[9:10] is that one?
[9:11] » Um when you look at the survey,
[9:14] um let's see. It does give
[9:17] It looks like it goes out it measures
[9:20] from the property line 20 ft .5
[9:23] 20.5 ft inches from the property line.
[9:27] Um
[9:28] I I I don't know that actual it's like a
[9:30] 13,000 lb. I don't know what
[9:32] » Right. How much is that? Okay.
[9:33] » We don't know.
[9:34] » Got it.
[9:34] » On the survey, yeah.
[9:35] » Okay. Thank you.
[9:38] Are there any other questions for Ms.
[9:40] Allen?
[9:42] Okay.
[9:43] Applicant,
[9:45] if you want to make your presentation,
[9:47] you may now come forward to do so.
[9:50] Please provide your name, business, uh
[9:53] and affiliation with the application.
[9:58] Okay.
[10:01] Do board members have any questions for
[10:04] the applicant?
[10:06] Okay. Are there any public comments?
[10:09] There not being anybody from the public
[10:11] present.
[10:12] I think the ghost of public. Okay, we
[10:15] can move on.
[10:17] All right. Are there any other questions
[10:21] from the
[10:22] from the board for the staff or the
[10:25] applicants?
[10:28] With that said, the public hearing is
[10:30] now closed.
[10:32] Is there a motion to approve, a motion
[10:35] to approve with conditions, or a motion
[10:37] to deny the request?
[10:39] » I move we approve the request.
[10:41] » Is there a second?
[10:42] » Second.
[10:43] » Okay. All those in favor?
[10:46] » I think Mr. Hart.
[10:49] Vice Chair David.
[10:50] » Yes.
[10:50] » Member Mendelson.
[10:52] » Yes.
[10:52] » Member Powell.
[10:53] » Yes.
[10:54] » Member Axelrad.
[10:55] » Yes.
[10:55] » Chairperson Rosen.
[10:57] » Yes.
[10:58] » Motion carries. Thank you.
[10:59] » Motion is passed. [snorts]
[11:01] » The
[11:01] » That being all that's on the agenda for
[11:04] now, we're on to announcements. The next
[11:06] meeting will be September 10th at 9:30.
[11:09] » It's my last meeting.
[11:10] » Um and this meeting is now adjourned at
[11:13] 9:38. Thank you.