Planning & Zoning - Regular Meeting

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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Government Body
Planning & Zoning
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Planning & Zoning
Location
Hialeah, FL
Meeting Date
May 13, 2026

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46:36 – 47:130

And we got cameras and are ready. Good evening. Welcome to the city of Halia planning zoning board meeting for Wednesday. Where are we? Okay. May May 13th, 2026. Everyone please rise for the invocation and the pledge of allegiance. Thank you everyone for joining us today. Want to go ahead and give a thanks for the opportunity to serve to give us our decisions and to make the best choices for ourselves and the city. Amen.

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To the flag of the United States of America to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. You may be seated.

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Okay. Meeting guidelines. The following guidelines apply to today's planning and zoning board meeting. Any person interested in making comments or posing questions on any item on the agenda may do so during the meeting. Individuals should be respectful of the planning and zoning board members and make every effort to speak with moderate tone using appropriate language and avoiding personal attacks. The public can view the planning and zoning board meeting on the city's YouTube page. All lobbyists must register with the planning and zoning board prior to item being heard. A maximum of four speakers in favor and four speakers in opposition will be allowed to address the planning and zoning board on any item. Each speaker's comments will be limited to three minutes. Roll call. Mr. Perez

48:13 – 48:320

here. Mr. Castanos here. Mr. Ellesia here. Mr. Oua here. Mr. Yuch here. Mr. Morales here. Mrs. Enerquez here. We have a quorum. Administration of oath to all applicants and anyone who will be speaking before the board on any item.

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Anyone and everyone that's going to speak front of the board, please stand. Raise your right hand so we can swear you in. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before this board? or a copy of the audio files of the proceedings before the planning and zoning board shall be prepared and submitted to the city council before its hearing. The planning and zoning board recommendations for the following public hearing request will be heard by the city council at a scheduled meeting of Tuesday, May 26, 2026. LU1. So LU1 is actually a tabled item from our last meeting from April 29th. We would need to remove it from table.

49:27 – 50:020

Motion to remove. Second. So we had a motion by Mr. Second by Mrs. Enriquez. Mr. Allesius. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Yuj. Yes. Mr. Morales? Yes. Mr. Perez? Yes. Mrs. Enriquez? Yes. Mr. Castanos? Yes. Item has been removed from table LU1. Small scale map amendment from commercial to medium density residential property located at 2295 West 4th Court Helia Zone C2 Liberal Retail Commercial District. Applicant Alexis Gonzalez. Esquire on behalf of EA Dukes LLC.

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Name and address, please. Good evening. Good evening. Uh, Dul Seconde, Architect, 11410 North Kendall Drive, Sweet 202, Miami, Florida.

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Thank you. You'll read it in into the record and then we'll talk about it. The property in this application is located on the south side of West 23rd Street between West 4th Avenue and West 4th Court within the Seola neighborhood. The lot is approximately 6,250 square ft or 14 acres. According to Miami Day County Property Appraisals Record, the property was originally platted in 1924 as a 50 foot wide by 125 foot deep lot under plat book 9, page 75 and has remained vacant since uh that time. The property is designated as commercial in the city's uh future land use map. Adjacent land use designations are as as follows. To the north, recreation, open space, and lowdensity residential. To the east, commercial and industrial. To the south, high density residential, and to the west, lowdensity residential, highdensity residential, and commercial. The applicant is requested in a smallcale land use map amendment from commercial to medium density residential. A companion application has been submitted to resone the property from C2 liberal retail commercial district to R33 multiple family district thereby ensuring consistency between the future land use designation and the Sony classification for the proposed development. The proposed development cons consists of a threestory multifamily residential building based on the requested medium density residential land use designation which permits up to 24 units per net acre and given the size of the subject property. A maximum of approximately three residential units is permitted. As such, the applicant is proposing the maximum number of units allowed under the requested designation. The requested medium density residential land use designation is compatible with the

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surrounding area. Nearby uh nearby properties include low and high density residential development as well as commercial and industrial uses. The proposed designation provides an appropriate transition between these varying intensities and by introducing a moderate level of residential development that complements the existing pattern. Additionally, the sca the scale of the proposed development is consistent with nearby residential properties, ensuring that it will not create a negative impact on the surrounding area while supporting orderly and compatible growth. The proposal has been submitted to the Miami Day County Public School Concurrency Management System, CMS, to ensure that adequate school capacity is available to serve the students generated by the proposed residential development and is currently under review to determine whether the project meets the required level of service. A staff received an email from the water and sewer division advising that the sanitary sewer pump station serving serving the subject property is currently under a conditional moratorum. A conditional moratorium is a temporary restriction placed on new sewer connections or additional capacity to a pump station when it's nearby or has reached its operational limits. However, under this condition, limited approvals may still be granted if certain criterias are met. The water and sewer division further indicated that due to the pump station operating for less than 12 hours, the Miami Day County Department of Environmental Resources Management, DERM, is expected to approve the allocation. At such water, sewer and utilities impacts will be further further evaluated during the site plan and concurrency review process. Given the limited scale of the proposed development, the project is not anticipated to generate significant traffic impacts. Any transportation related considerations will be further evaluated during the site and concurrency review process to ensure compliance with applicable standards. The proposed amendment is consistent with the city of Helia comprehensive

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plan, particularly policies encouraging infield development, efficient land use pattern, and the redevelopment of vacant and under underutilized land. The proposal facilitates the development of long longtime vacant parcels and contributes to the city housing inventory in the neighborhood. Based on the applicant's request, the proposed amendment is recommended for approval. Thank you, Claudia. You have the floor. Um, I'm just want to thank you and Claudia for being instrumental in helping us get this uh to where it is and being able to present this to you on a very challenging piece of property. Um, and um, just here to answer any questions if that uh, you might have.

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It's a very nice looking design for Seola. I mean, Seola is it's it's time for it to, you know, Exactly. to be modernized. It's very nice. Thank you. Okay. Comments or questions? Yes, sir.

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Owner.

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Um, come up. Are these going to be rentals or are these going to be for sale units like town houses? Um, speak at the microphone, please. We need to make sure that we get it on the record. Alexis Gonzalez, you have VA Dukes. Uh we haven't made that decision yet. I'd like to see more sales on properties people, you know, to put their roots down. It's nice units, you know, they're two bedrooms, but there's a lot of small families that are starting off with that would be great, especially for the community uh in Seola that they could own. That'd be beautiful. I'd love to see something like that. I like the project. Thank you. the first investment that point. So, and if you could, you know, suggest that maybe sales, that'd be great.

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Like you'd prefer sales. Oh, yeah, definitely. I I feel that rentals, you know, we have enough already here in the city. What we need is people to actually invest in the city and become owners. And, uh, being an over townhouse myself, I I I don't see no reason why this couldn't be a townhouse somebody could own and be proud to own it. Yeah. So the objective going in was to sell and and hopefully make a profit, but you know if we don't meet those margins to then hold it, but the initial objective is to sell it. Obviously that that'd be great if you can. Yeah. Great. That's the idea. Thank you. Thank you.

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If if I may, Mr. Just to clarify so that we're all on the same page, it's it's it's perfectly acceptable to to express the the desire for sales. Yeah. Uh, but we've got to base our decisions on the criteria. Oh, I'm I'm fully aware of that. I was just curious if this is going to be another rental unit or Perfect. Just one a housing project that that people could, you know, own. That's what I wanted to know. But thank you again. Thank you. Anyone else? Anyone in the audience have a comment? I that being said, it was a pleasure to board. Motion to approve. Second that motion. Okay. So we had a motion by Mrs. Enrique. Second by Mr. Rioa. Mr. Ellesia. Yes. Mr. Castanos.

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Yes. Mr. Huge. Yes. Mrs. Enriquez. Yes. Mr. Perez. Yes. Mr. Morales. Yes. Mr. Roya. Yes. Item has been approved. Thank you. Looks very nice. Thank you. It does. Thank you. Appreciate it. It's Don't we have one more for them? Is it the same thing? Okay. Yes. Okay. Like I said, it's it's time for seola for for Let me Let me take that back. It's time for someone, somebody, some entity to take a shot of Seola. Thank you.

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So, LU2 is another uh tabled item from our April 29th meeting. The applicant is here today and he would like to remain tabled. Yes, definitely until next meeting. And if you don't mind, we will have a decision by day. We don't have a problem. I So item two remain table. And yes. So no action. No action. No action. Okay. Next meeting. Yes. Yes. Time definite for next meeting. Okay.

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Thank you, Frank. All right. That will conclude the um land use amendments uh part of the meeting. So we're going to go ahead and proceed to the regular schedule planning and zoning meeting. Item number one, approval of planning and zoning board summary agenda of April 29th, 2026 as submitted. Motion to approve. Motion. We had a motion by Mrs. Enriquez. Second by Mr. Mr. Castayanos. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. OA. Yes. Mr. Morales. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Enriquez. Yes. Mr. Perez. Yes.

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Item has been approved. A written decision, resolution, and or ordinance will be prepared and presented for review to the city council. The city council is authorized to affirm, affirm with conditions, or override the decisions by resolution after the resolution and or ordinance is adopted. Contact the member of the city clerk's office to obtain a copy of the resolution and ordinance. Upon your receipt of the resolution and ordinance, contact the building department to obtain your required building permit. Sum summary minutes or a copy of the audio file of the proceedings before the planning and zoning board shall be prepared and submitted to the city council before its hearing. The planning and zoning board recommendations for the following public hearing request will be heard by the city council uh at at its schedule meeting of Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Item number two, reszoning property from C2 liberal retail commercial district to R33 multiple family district. Varian permit to allow a street size setback of 10 ft where 15 ft are required. Properties located at 2295 West 4th Court Helia zone C2 Liberal Retail Commercial District. Applicant Alexis Gonzalez Square on behalf of EA Dukes LLC.

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Since it's a different item, we need to go through an identification and all that. Go ahead. Dul Seconde Architect 11410 North Kendall Drive, Miami, Florida. Thank you.

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The property in this application is located on the south side of West 23rd Street between West 4th Avenue and West 4th Court within the Seola neighborhood. The lot is approximately 6,250 ft or 14 acres according to Miami Day County Property Appraisals Record. The property was originally platted in 1924 as a 50 foot wide by 125 ft deep lot under plat book 9 page 75 and has remained vacant since that time. The subject property is designated as commercial in the city's feature land use map and is currently zone uh C2 liberal retail commercial district which is consistent with the existing land use designation. A companion application that we just heard has been submitted requesting an amendment to the future land use map from commercial to medium density residential. The surrounding land use designations and zoning classifications are as follow. To the north, recreation, open space and lowdensity residential zone C1, restricted retail commercial district C2. Liberal retail commercial district and R3 multif family district. To the east, commercial and industrial zone C2, R3 and M3 industrial district. To the south, highdensity residential zone C2 and R3. to the west low density residential, highdensity residential and commercial zone R3, R34 multif family districts and C2. The applicant is requesting a reszoning of the subject property from C2 liberal retail commercial district to R33 multifamily district to ensure consistency between requested land use amendment and the proposed zoning designation. The applicant is also requesting a variance to allow a street size setpack of 10 feet where 15 are required for the development of a three-story multif family residential building. According to the submitted plans, the proposed development consists of a three three twostory residential units units each

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containing approximately 1,449 square ft of floor area. Each unit includes two bedrooms, three bathrooms, and balconies facing West 23 Street. The project proposes a total of seven parking spaces on the ground level including two spaces per unit A and one guest parking space thereby meeting the minimum parking requirements. The site plan also depicts a trash room which complies with the dumpster enclosure requirements set forth in section 78-106 of the city of Halia code of ordinance. Addition, additionally, the submitted site plan provides approximately 2,278 square feet or 36% of previous area exceeding the minimum 30% previous area requirements. The requested reduction in the street size setpack is necessary due to the site site constraint and parking design requirements. The building was shifted towards West 23rd Street to accommodate the required 22 foot wide access way which allowed vehicles to safely maneuver and back out of the park of the perpendicular parking spaces. Additionally, the site limited um width of approximately 50 ft restrict the ability to meet all the setback requirements without adjusting the placement of the building. Without this modification, the site will not be uh will not will not provide adequate access or safe vehicle circulation. The proposal has been submitted to Miami Day County Public um school concurrency management system to ensure that adequate school capacity is available to serve the students generated by the proposed residential development and is currently under review to determine whether the project meets the required level of service. Um and staff received the email from the water and sewer division advising that the sanitary sewer pump station serving the subject property is currently under a conditional moratorum. A conditional moratorium is a temporary restriction placed on new sewer connections or additional capacities to a pump station when it's near nearing or has reached its operational limits. However, under

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this condition, limited approvals may still be granted if certain criteras are met. The water and sewer division further indicated that due to the pump station operating for less than 12 hours, Miami date county department of environmental resources management is expected to approve the allocation. As such, water, sewer, and utilities impacts will be further evaluated during the site plan and concurrency review process. Based on the analysis above, a staff finds that the requested reszoning from R from C2 to R33 will bring the subject property into consistency with the requested city's uh future land use map and allowed for the residential use um residential use that is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood which includes a mix of one family and multif family residential uh developments. The reszoning will allow the development for a long vacant infield property contributing to the vitification of the area and supporting orderly growth within the semolinoa neighborhood. E staff recommends approval of the reszoning and the variances subject to the following conditions. Um the site shall be developed according in substantial accordance with the plans uh sign and seal um by dulce mond ar d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d dated uh March 10, 2026 and the applicant shall obtain all required approvals from the city of Halia water and sewer division and Miami Day County Department of Environmental Resources Management, including compliance with any conditions related to the existing sanitary um sewer and pump stational moratorum and that the applicant shall obtain approval from the street departments for the modification of the existing sidewalks within the public right away to accommodate the driveway access in according to Citex standards and um all required building permits site plan approval and concurrency review shall be obtained prior to the commencements of uh construction. So staff recommends approval with those conditions.

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Thank you Claudia. Any comments or questions? Nope. Just here to answer any questions that the board might have. Thank you. Comments or questions from the board? No. Okay. Anyone in the audience? All right. Was the pleasure of the board to approve with conditions. Second with conditions. So, we had a motion by Mr. Second by Mr. Morales. Mr. Ya. Yes. Mr. Huge. Yes. Mrs. Enriquez. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Castanos. Yes. Mr. Perez. Yes. Mr. Morales? Yes. Item has been approved with conditions. Thank you. again. Very nice. Thank you. Appreciate it.

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Yeah. So, item number three is actually the companion item for LU2. Uh the applicant has requested to table or remain table until the next meeting. No action. Making it easy. Frank. Item number four, reszoning property from

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Good night. Item number four, reszoning property from R11 family residential district to R2 1 and two family residential district. Varian's permit to allow the legalization of a detached duplex on a substandard lot with a lot width of 50 feet where 75 feet is required. To allow a total lot area of approximately 6,750 ft where 7,500 ft is required to allow the existing principal building to have a front setback of 24.75 ft where 25 ft is required and a westside setback of 7.08 08 ft where 7.5 ft is required to allow the existing detached dwelling unit to be legalized with a floor area of approximately 848 square ft where 1,000 square ft is the minimum required to allow a rear setback of 5.91 ft where 25 ft is required to allow an east side setback of 450 ft where 7.5 ft is required and to allow a westside setback of 3.08 08 ft when 7 1/2 ft is required. Properties located at 574 East 21st Street Helia R11 family district. Applicant Garcia name and address please. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Good.

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The subject property is located on the south side of East 21st Street between East 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue. The property has a low density residential land use and an R1 single family zoning district. Therefore, consistent. The request is to resone the property from R1 to R3 and to uh family district will maintain consistency with its current land use if the resining is approved. The property was developed in 1957 with a one-story single family home and remained as such until 2025 when a code violation for work without a permit was issued pursuant to code case number BWOP 004714-2025 for the construction of a rear detach structure without the benefit of a building permit. Based on Miami Day County aerial imagery, it appears that construction of the rear detacher structure did not occur before 2025. Since the lot is an existing non-conforming lot with only 50 ft of frontage, the resoning to R2 requires approval of variances to convert and legalize the existing rear detach structure. Current R2 stoning requires a minimum lot frontage of 75 ft and a minimum lot size of 7,500 square ft. The subject property does not meet this requirement as it contains only 6,750 square ft of lot area. Nevertheless, pursuant to section 98-544, the code per meets the development of such lots within R2 districts development. The principal structure has existing non-conforming setbacks and the rear detach structure requests a rear setback of 5.91 ft where 25 ft is required. The application also requests reductions of both side setbacks 450 ft on the east side and 3.08 ft on the west side where 7.5 ft is required on each side. In addition, the rear unit was constructed

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with only 848 square ft whereas the minimum required unit size if is 1,000 square feet resulting in a smaller building footprint. East 21st Street is a state road under the jurisdiction of the federal department of transportation FDOT. The segment of East 21st Street between East 4th Avenue and Lejun Road carry appro approximately 15,600 average daily trips in 2025 and is therefore considered a heavily trafficked corridor. The subject property is also located within two blocks of the Halia Metro Rail Station making the site suitable for increased density. Although the request is limited to a reszoning from R1 single family residential to R2 duplex residential, the proposed increase in density is supported by the property's location and the surrounding development potter. In addition, other multif family zoning districts exist exist on the same block including R35, R3s and R2. Four parking spaces are proposed on the property satisfying the code parking requirements. The proposal also include pvious areas and landscaping improvements to bring the property into compliance with current zoning requirements for open space and landscaping. A staff has evaluated this property and sees favorably the conversion of the property into an R2 zone and legalizing the existing residential unit. Therefore recommends the following conditions. enter into a declaration of restriction to restrict the development and approval of the site according to the plan submitted for this resoning and variance application inclusive of the landscaping improvements that had been prepared by Manu Manuel uh seeks PE sign and seal on April 7, 2026 and that the applicant shall obtain a site plan and concurrency approval within 6 months of the resigning and various application. Staff recommends approval of the reasoning and variances with conditions. Foreign

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Florida Legun. The traffic only Multifamil. landscaping. Okay. landscaping.

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staff. Okay. Any comments or questions?

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She doesn't have any questions. Um, you don't have any questions now, but I'm sure you will tomorrow. I'm sure she can probably contact Definitely. Okay. Okay. So,

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thank you, Mr. Chair. But just to just to make it clear for the record. Okay. Okay. Okay.

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She understands. Okay. She also received a copy of the planner's recommendation via email prior to our hearing. So, okay. I do have one question. Obviously, this is an existing um existing dwelling with Yes. an existing nonconforming non-permanented second dwelling with both. Yes. Okay.

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Yes. So the bottom line here is she's trying to do anything possible to legalize what she has and be able to move forward. What she currently has in terms of the single family home that is legal, right? Okay. That is legal non-conforming. The second the second unit, the detached unit in the rear, that is the legalization. Okay. No, I would just all of a sudden you what are they going to build start building now? But no, it's already built. It's just not permanent and not conforming. So, right.

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Okay. same. Okay.

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Yes. Um through the chair just to clarify there are certain items on the plans that it will entail construction. Right. Okay. Right. So technically she will have to do certain construction items

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to bring you know to bring the open space. She has to remove certain slabs. she has to, you know, do certain amendments to the to the property. But my thing is, she's not going to start fresh from the ground up with a new building. No, she's going to work the main house. We're not going to talk about that, right? Okay. We're talking about the auxiliary building. She's going to start working with what she has trying to make it bring it up to code, bring it up to permit, and legalize it and whatnot. Yes. What is existing there that was already built? Yes. Same. Okay.

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Comments or questions? Mr. Attorney wants to chair. I was going to ask, do we want to clarify with the condition that this will not involve new development of the dwelling unit and it's an existing development unit that will be modified? Um, we could do that if that would make you that's more comfortable. And that's see that's my question cuz obviously the main house is is a legal conforming unit. Mhm.

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The addition is not permitted, not legal, non-conforming. Right. But it's already built. Correct. It just needs to be brought up to brought up to speed, if you will, brought up to code. Right. And to do that, obviously, there are some construction steps that need to be taken. Okay. Okay. All right. John, I know you're Yeah, I have uh I just have a one question. Yes, sir. Um the the parking is it suitable? Because I saw on Google Maps she has a boat. I don't know if she's she has a boat there or not. Um I was informed by the applicant that the boat has been removed. Okay. It's not in England.

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Her son is the one that lives in the property. Okay. No, the boat is no longer there. Okay. Because I I if it's going to be a rentals, you you they don't allow boats, rental properties, do they not or not necessarily. Um boats are allowed in R1. So by becoming an R2, technically um you are not allowed to have a boat, but nothing to do with the uh ownership of the property. Okay. Yes. So as an R2, you're not allowed to have the boat, right? It's a something. Just just curious, but she's saying that boat is gone. Yes. And there are certain adjustments that they need to be to the parking but they have a space for the four parking spaces.

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Okay. Thank you. Anyone else? Anyone in the audience? Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you. What's the pleasure of the board? Motion to approve with conditions. Motion with So we had a motion by Mrs. Enriquez second by Mr. Mr. Perez. Yes. Mr. Huge. Yes. Mr. Morales. Yes. Mr. Rioa. Yes. Mr. Enriquez. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Castanos. Yes.

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Item has been approved with conditions. Okay. Item number five, Brian's permit to allow an interior north side setback of 4.91 ft where 7 and 1/2 ft is required for the legalization of an existing terrace enclosure and to allow a 7 foot high wooden fence along the north and south side line lot lines where a maximum height of 6 feet is permitted. Property is located at 7 uh 371 Pashihawa Drive R11 family district applicant m Olivera Drive. I haven't heard that name in so long. Name and address, please. Florida.

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Thank you.

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The property in this application is located within Deer Park at the northwest intersection of Pashihawa Drive to Totto Lochi Drive. The lot is approximately 6,412 square feet or 15 acres. According to Miami Day County property appraisal records, the property was originally platted in in an oddly triangular shape. According to plat book 8, page six in 20 in 1922. The subject property is uh designed as low density residential on the city's future land use map and is currently zone R1 one family district which is consistent therew with the surrounding land use designation and zoning classifications are as follows to the northeast south and west low density residential zone R1 one family district a review of the city microfilms records indicate that the property was originally improved with onestory single family residence constructed in 1952 records further indicate additional improvement ments and alterations had been completed on the property with the benefit of building permits including a carport enclosure, bathroom addition, impact windows, door replacement and the construction of Porcohair dryway pool and pergola. In March uh 2026, the property owner was issued a building without a permit violation under code case number BWOP- 002311-2026 for failure to obtain permits for an existing 7 ft high wooden fence located on the north and south side of the lots as well as the as well for the terrace enclosure. The applicant consulting with the staff to determine the requirements necessary to comply with the code violation. staff advised that the property owner that a variance application would be required to allow the existing 7 foot high wooden fence as fences within the single family residential properties are required to have a maximum height of 6 ft pursuant to section 98-2121B of the city of Helia code of ordinance staff further informed the applicant that the variance will also be required to allow an interior north side setback

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of 4.91 ft where 7.5 ft is required for the legalization of the existing in terrace enclosure. As a result, the owner submitted a variance application and the request is now before the board for consideration. The submitted floor plan shows that the terrace was enclosed to construct a laundry room and a furry room. The floor plan uh further demonstrate that enclosure remains connected to the remainder of the residence and that the overall layout continues to function as a single family home. The submitted survey and the site plan demonstrate that the property complies with the minimum pvious area requirements by providing approximately 2,189 square feet or 34.13% pvious area which exists the required minimum of 30%. The property owner also provided a photograph of the existing fence which demonstrated that the hedges planted along the fence exceed the height of the existing 7 foot uh fence pursuant to the city of Helia um city of Halia code of ordinance hedges located alongside and rear lot signs within residential zoning district shall not exceed a maximum of 6 feet. Therefore, the existing hedges shall be trimmed to comply with the maximum permitted height of requirements established by the code. A staff finds that the request um may be approved as the reduced size setback is minor and does not negatively impact adjacent properties. The existing structure does not obstruct light, air flow or visibility and remains entirely within the property lines. A step furthers find that the unusual triangular configuration of the subject property creates limitation in the placement and and configuration of improvements of the lot. uh which contributes to the reduced setback condition associated with the existing terrace enclosure. The existing 7 foot uh high fence may be al also be approved as it provides additional privacy to the subject property and neighboring residents and is consistent with the fencing commonly found within the residential neighborhood. The requested varants are compatible with the surrounding residential neighborhood and do not alter the character of the surrounding area. Furthermore, approval

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of the variances is necessary to legalize the existing fence height and reduce the size setback associated with the terrace enclosure in order to obtain the required building permits and comply with the open code violation. A staff um uh recommends approval with the following conditions. The applicant shall apply and obtain all required building permits, inspections, and approval necessary to legalize the existing fence and terrace enclosure and resolve the open code violation. and the existing hedges located along the north and south lines shall be trimmed and maintained at a maximum access feet in compliance with the city of Hadia code of ordinance recommends uh staff recommends approval with conditions um if if um the chair maybe I can go through the conditions just to make it Yeah. Yes. So I construction. Okay. Okay. Any comments or questions? No. City. Okay. And then whenever that is complete, when that is complete, then you go to the building.

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Okay. Okay. Comments or questions of the board? No one in the audience. Was it pleasure to the board? Motion to approve with conditions. Second with conditions. We had a motion by Mrs. Enriquez, second by Mr. Morales, Mr. IAS. Yes. Mr. Enriquez. Yes. Mr. Rioa. Yes. Mr. Morales. Yes. Mr. Huge. Yes. Mr. Perez. Yes. Mr. Castanos. Yes. Item has been approved with conditions. I tell you, you don't get no more haya than Totoi. And you know that's Wow. That's old school Helia. I know. Thank you. You're welcome.

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Thank you. Okay. Okay. Miscellaneous item now requiring advertising. Item number six, old business. Okay. No old business. Item number seven, new business. New business. Okay. Well, if there's no more new business, that's it. Meetings adjourned. Have a good night.

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