About this meeting
- Government Body
- Planning Board
- Meeting Type
- Planning Board
- Location
- Panama City, FL
- Meeting Date
- April 13, 2026
Transcript
24 sections
The April 13th city panel city planning meeting is now in order. Please take the role. Board member Anderson present. Board member Cherry present. Board member Barker here. Board member Rich here. Chairman Debower here. Are there any changes or deletions to the agenda? Mr. Chairman, there there are no uh changes or deletions to the agenda. I did just want to point out for the record uh we were handing out some hard copies for 407 Maple Avenue. That would be the uh item 6G. And there was um public comment up provided uh to you earlier as well. You'll see that um at your seats for the yach club items. Those are going to be items 6E and six F. I just wanted to make sure that um was stated for the record. Are you referring to this? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Are there any announcements or disclosures? I'll make one of my own. I am the colonel commodor of the Sandy Bay Yach Club. Um I don't have any fidicial uh interest in any other class of membership of the yach club. So, I'm free to participate for um council. So, any other? All right. Uh do I have a motion to approve the minutes for the March 9th planning board meeting? Motion to approve. Second. Motion to second. Please take role. Board member Anderson. Yes. Board member Cherry. Yes. Board member Barker. Yes. Board member Rich. Yes. Chairman Newower. Yes. All right. I'll now read the procedure which the board will follow for quasi judicial hearings. One, public hearing announce. Introduction of application by staff. Two, exarty communication disclosure by board members. Three, identification of applicant affected parties that attend to participate in the hearing. Affected parties that only intend to make
a statement may do so at the public participation part of the agenda. An affected party means any person any day will suffer an adverse effect to an interest protected or furthered by the ELDC including interest related to health and safety, police and fire protection service systems, densities or intensities development, transportation facilities, healthcare facilities, equipment or services and environmental and natural resources. The alleged adverse interests may be shared in common with other members of the community at large but must exceed and degree the general interest and community good shared by all persons. Now I'll turn over to council to swear witnesses. Good afternoon. If you are here to speak on any item today, the only item that is not quasi judicial is going to be item E. So if you're here on any other matter, uh please stand now and raise your right hand if you intend to speak. Mr. Herring, do you solemnly swear affirm the testimony you'll give in these matters to be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes, sir. All right. When you come to the podium when your item is announced, if you'd please state your name and address for the record and that you have been sworn. Thank you. We'll now begin with request A. Request a case number PLN-2026-0756. It is a variance. The applicant is requesting a variance from the setback regulations established by section 104-26 residential one zoning district. the setback. Uh they're requesting a three-foot rear setback instead of the minimum 20 foot and they a five foot side setback instead of the minimum 7 foot. Um the owner and the applicant is Herring Own Herring Companies Incorporated. Address is 616 East Fourth Court. Um and staff recommends approval. Thank you. Are there any are any questions from board for staff? I have questions. I went and saw it and I wasn't sure in this property where it looks like there's two lots that's being proposed and this one home is
on two lots. So, is that two lots inside where it's vacant and inside the there's a fence and then there's another cleared lot. So, I wasn't sure where where when you look at the fence line if it's outside of this property or inside this property. Good question. It's inside. So, there's two homes. Yeah, this is for staff and then we'll call you up when it's uh it's one lot with two homes on it. They were separated by the fence, but they plan on um demoing the fence, an existing shed that's there. Um but for further information, I defer to the applicant. So, the fence will go down. That's what they have in the notes. Yes, ma'am. And so the two empty lots are either side of the fence with the sheds in the back on one lot. Yeah, it's one it's one one lot. Two two homes being proposed. No, the two homes exist and it's one lot already. The applicate cleared up. Is there any other questions for staff? Would this affect only the existing structures or does it also apply to the any new structures? Um I would believe it would only exist to the the one existing structure. Okay. Any other questions? All right. Is the applicant here to speak on this item? Please go to podium and state state your name. My first run. All right. So I bought this property back in August and um I guess in 1958 when the name and address for the record have you been sworn? Okay. Yes. And your name and address? of my address 616 East 4th Court and your name? Mike Herring. Very good. All right. Cool. So that's very formal. So um Okay. So when I bought the property in August, um I didn't
realize that when the houses were originally built in 1958, there was a 5 foot setback. So uh we needed additional 50 square feet um on the existing home on the right, which is number 610, uh to put in a laundry room. Um, and it's 13x4, roughly 14x4. Um, so, uh, in order to do that, I had to apply for the variance. So, it the laundry room is not going to be that large, but to answer your question, it will be on the interior of the lot, not on the lot lines, not on the exterior. That answer question. There any other questions? Thank you. Is anyone else here to speak on this item? Seeing none. Do I have a motion? Motion to approve. I'll second. Motion second. Please take role. Board member Anderson. Yes. Board member Cherry. No. Board member Barker. Yes. Board member Rich. Yes. Chairman Newower. Yes. Motion passes 41. Thank you. Request letter B. Request B is case number ending in 0794. Um the applicant is requesting a variance from the setback regulations established by section 104-36.3 for neighborhood residential zoning district. Um the applicant is requesting a 45- ft front setback instead of the maximum front setback of 20 ft. The owner is Michael Mitchell. The applicant is Kevin Downing and it's located at 1606 and 1608 East Ninth Street. Thank you. Are there any questions from the board for staff? I have a question. It when I went and saw this property, it looks like the home is um been roughed in. It's got the plumbing um all in it. It's got the framing where the concrete would go. So, my question is probably
for staff. How did we get here? What's the process that somebody would have been able to have the framing where the concrete's going to go and have it all plumbed? and then get to us. That's a good question. So, a development order building permit has been issued for this at this time. The applicant actually started construction without those necessary approvals from the city. Okay. So, does this applicant have a contractor or is this applicant building his or her own? I believe he has a contractor. So, where's where's the disconnect? How how did how were they able to get this far? In other words, um sorry, what do you how were they able to get this far? Yeah. How I mean, why why are we getting an approval for a variance for it's already been roughed and it's been plumbed and everything? That might be a good question for the for the applicant. Okay. Yes. Okay. Any other questions? All right. Is the applicant here to speak on this item? Please state your name and address for the record if whether you're sworn in. Kevin Downing, 120 Royal Palm Boulevard, Panama City Beach. And yes, I am sworn in. Okay. Thank you. Um to answer your question, ma'am, it was a miscommunication between my subcontractors and uh and myself. I said, "And what role do you represent?" I'm the contractor. You're the contractor. Okay. Thank you. So I said, "Guys, we have to hold off for the variance to go 45 ft and back to where?" And so they heard
45 ft. Didn't hear hold off for the variance. And uh so I didn't visit the site. There's no house, the plumbing. Uh, so once we did visit it, he said, "Hey, what are they doing?" I went over there said, "Stop. What are you doing?" So it looks roughed in. It still has to kind of be done over again because we stopped it. Um, so it was just a miscommunication. Told them to stop it. We have to wait for this this day. And uh, they just kept going. Misunderstood what I was telling them about a variance. So, when you were planning and doing your due diligence to build this home, was it designed where it is now? And did that go to the building department and or the planning department as it exists now? Yes, ma'am. It did go through both. And we had, like this gentleman said, we have a a permit, but we had to stop. It sounds like it was after after the actual somebody some representing the contractor. No, we had not issued a development order on this project. So, you've not issued a development? We have not. No. So, that's a real problem, right? Correct. Yes. Like you're not supposed to build homes. It's just dirt and pipe right now. We didn't go any digging or nothing. They brought dirt in and they put up what's called batter boards around it. It can be moved within a matter of hours. Um, so that's why I said just leave it there. I mean, the the risk is on their end if they build it in the wrong spot and then we don't approve it, then they would have to move whatever's there. Uh, and face whatever consequences that would
be the case, right, Mike? That's right. Or that Mike. No, either. Either one. So 40 45 is a lot. I mean this is in the Millville neighborhood planning area. I mean great work has been with community engagement and lots of of thinking went into designing what should be applicable and um moving forward with the Millville community. And so to now to say okay well you can have 45 ft. That's that's a lot. It's actually 25 ft because we're going from 20 feet where you're allowed. That's our max. We want to move it back 25 ft. His lot is over 210 ft deep. Um, and he's one of the last two buildable lots. So, this policy went in after all these homes were built, right? So, you don't see them all fronting when the, you know, looking down the street door to door to door. So, it's kind of a little bit late and that's why we're asking. I mean, if it was current and they were all nice and even, I wouldn't be here. Yeah. None of the neighbors houses are anywhere near the the the new setback on they're all they're all pretty close to what yours is. Do Do you know how many feet past the neighbor to the east that you guys are starting yours? I I think it was somewhere in between zero and five feet. Yeah, it was about seven feet. just so bathroom windows didn't line up and back decks didn't line up so you could sit on your deck and not see your neighbor straight across. Okay. Um and if you go the other way, they're even further back. So, is it the planning department's intention to issue a development order for this? If a variance is granted, if a variance is granted, yes. Okay. So if a variance is not granted then they would
have to amend their site plan to comply with the setback standards in the neighborhood zone. Okay. Thank you. Can I say something? Sure. Just say your name. Name and address for the record and what you can sort. Michael Mitchell606006 and608 East Nice Creek. I'm the owner of the property and what happened was I was given some advice not by him that you can start bringing in this till you get your first inspection and once we put the development plan in I didn't we didn't know about the setback until we got feedback from y'all department however you know I own all that property right there my uncle stay right here so I I got it even with his house and the next house there's only two houses on that block. Mhm. And then I own all the other lots right there. So that's why I applied for this varant. I didn't want to be sitting close up here and I got all of this land right here that if I can at least get even with them instead of sitting ahead of them. Mhm. And that's why we stopped. Whatever it is, I can get a bike and dig that up in five minutes. Yeah. It could all be moved the second day. It's there's nothing permanent. Yeah. It looked like it was consistent with with the other homes. Yes. It is. It's within a few feet of it. And thank you, gentlemen. Is there anyone else here to speak on this item? I see none. Do I have a motion? Motion to approve. Second. Motion second. Please take a role. Board member Anderson. Yes. Board member Cherry. Yes. Board member Barker. Yes. Board member Rich. Yes. Chairman Dubar. Yes. Motion passes 5-0. Thank you. Request letter C. Case number C is item ending in 0875. It is an application type for a variance. The applicant is requesting a variance from the setback
regulations established by section 104-36.3 of the neighborhood residential zoning district. The applicant is requesting a 30-foot front setback instead of the maximum front setback requirement of 20 ft. The owner and applicant is Beverly Jones and the property is located at 2204 East 8th Street. Thank you. Are there any uh questions from board for the staff? This is just to correct a nonconformity. Uh yes, the applicant came in to actually return the the combined parcel to its original lots of record and it's not meeting the current um zoning regulations. And so, um, they'd have to get the variance approved prior. Okay. Any questions? Is that here to speak on this item? Chairman, I had a question. Probably staff. Go ahead. Bring her up. Okay. Thanks. Please state your name and address for the record and whether you've been supported, please. Hello, my name is Beverly Jones. My address is 1620 Lincoln Avenue. I have my son Marcus Jones here with me. He handled most of my business as far as this house concerns. Okay. And have you been sworn in? Were you sworn in earlier? No. Would you raise your right hand for us, Lisa? Yes. Are you going to speak too, sir? Yes. You solemnly swear affirm the testimony you're about to give to be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. I do. Thank you very much. Thank you. I think we have a question for you and for andor for staff. Yeah. So I when I went by this property it looked like it was a relatively new home and so it's kind of the same question. How did we get here that a home is actually built and now it's coming for a variance. I think here in Savannah,
you can correct me if I'm wrong. They're trying to take the lots back to the original lots of record which means they're trying to split it. Yes. Okay. So when we when somebody wants to come in and split the lot and they're not able to satisfy the setback requirements, obviously we're not going to make them tear down the home or, you know, modify the home. So the the next best route is a variance. So that is the approach that we take when people want to split a lot and they're not able to satisfy the setbacks, we we take them through the variance process. So that's ultimately why why they're here today. So yes, the home was built and at the time it was in compliance and then now but now they want to go back and take it back to lots of records. So that is the way we remedy that. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? Thank you. Thank you. Is there anyone else here to speak on this item? Seeing none. Do I have a motion? Motion to approve. Second. Motion second. Please take role. Board member Anderson. Yes. Board member Cherry. Yes. Board member Barker, yes. Board member Rich, yes. Chairman Dubau, yes. Motion passes 5-0. Thank you. Request letter D. Request D is case number ending in 0716. Uh, the applicant is requesting a variance from the setback regulations established in section 104-36.3 for neighborhood residential. Um, the applicant is requesting a 26 foot front setback instead of the maximum front setback requirement of 20 feet. The owner and applicant is Thomas Zolo and it's located at 1210 Clay Avenue. Thank you. Any questions from the board for staff? Is the intent to match the existing prop existing structure that's on the one parcel uh with another building? Is that the intent? Um, I think the home's already existing. It's It's kind of similar to the last
um request. They're trying to split the lot, but they need to come into conformance first. Yeah, I guess I was asking, are they intending to build another house on the other lot and that way they keep them? I believe so, but I we haven't received any plans for single family. It was just a lot split request and they weren't meeting the front setback anymore because of the reasoning. Thank you. That that would apply to the other lot as well if we split it that way. Yeah. Did they have to come for a variance for the second lot if once it's split with the county or is it the variance? I believe it stays with the parcel ID. I would I'm sorry. I didn't So if they're if splitting the lot, does the variance just apply to the existing home or they they have to come to get a second variance for the new lot if they wanted to if it's if if they can't build it within the parameters of the of the lot, they would have to come back to us for a second. Yeah. This one only relates to the what is the lot 15 uh parcel. Okay. Yeah. This is a older home. It's been there for a long time. That one's been there for a while. Is that been here to speak on this item? Please state your name and address for the record. And I'm Don Giles, 302 Wood Trail, Panama City. I've been sworn in. Thank you. Thomas Zolo 1210 Clay Avenue and I've been sworn in. Thank you. Anyone questions for that? Good. Well, that was easy. You got off the hook easy. So, thank you. Is anyone else here to speak on this item? Please do have a motion. Ju just so I'm clear when when we do that the lot split is going to be in our zoning. Okay. Correct. From now okay just checking and applicable to the only one lot. Yes.
They would have to come back on any changes in the right. All right. Do I have a motion? Motion to approve. Second. A motion second. Please take role. Board member Anderson. Yes. Board member Cherry. Yes. Board member Barker. Yes. Board member Rich. Yes. Chairman Nubar. Yes. Motion passes 5 Z. Requests letter E. Um, this is case number CPC PLN 2026830. It is a development agreement with the San Andrews Bay Yach Club and Bunkers Point Educational Foundation concerning the properties at 218 Bunkers Cove Road and 212 Bunkers Cove Road. Um the uh the yacht club seeks to enter into a development agreement with the city for a 30-year term. staff has reviewed the proposed agreement and find that it meets the statutory requirements in section 163-3227 of the Florida statutes and section 102-35 of the Panama City Unified Land Development Code. Staff also finds that the proposed agreement is consistent with section 114-3 of the Panama City Land Development Code concerning historical non-conforming waterfront development. The U primary purpose of the development agreement is to um um establish the manner in which the yacht club will be redeveloped and even um how aspects of the yacht club will be operated in the future. uh with regards to um vehicle parking, boat trailer parking, uh operation of the sailing center, uh and even um expansions if allowed of of uh docks and uh in the boat ramp in the future. Um
I know there's a lot of moving parts of this. Um this was actually before the this board several months ago and uh we're coming back now that the yacht club has had an opportunity to um engage with the uh the neighbors um on a number of items. Um I think one of them was the location of a of the pool. If you notice in the site plan that's attached to the development agreement, the pool, which was previously proposed to be located near the sailing center, is now going to be back on the west or northwest side of the property, similar in location to where it is to this today. Um, but a little bit farther back from the road. Um, I think there's some other um changes u with with allowable parking and hours of parking. Um, I believe unless y'all have any questions for staff that um we have several people prepared to give a uh presentation and also up update you on um the latest um changes to the development agreement. Thank you. There any questions for staff before we ask the applicant to come forward? Is the applicant here to speak on this item? Good afternoon. My name is Michael Wyn, 203 South Cove Lane, Panama City, Florida, and I have been sworn in. I think uh Mr. Fuller did an excellent job of outlining uh where a number of my uh items are on this. When we were last before this board, uh there were issues uh that really centered on the core question of whether or not what the Yach Club was attempting to do following the destruction of its facility in 2023 by fire was going to uh expand the burden
upon the neighborhood uh in a manner that violated uh its status under the ULDC and uh incorporated uh ordinances. what we have here today and uh what I'm going to go through with you all as it relates to the development agreement is what I I think is the the fruition of a substantial amount of communication hard work uh on the part of a lot of the parties who are sitted here seated here today uh in an effort to allow for the yach club uh to be able to be a good neighbor and a continuing amenity for this community while not uh affecting its neighbors in a detrimental manner. I'm proud to say that I believe that we have uh achieved that consensus today. And what I'd like to be able to do is walk you all through some of the changes uh that were necessary to the development agreement in order to reach what we believe that consensus to be. Fortunately, due to a printing issue at my office, I was unable to have individual copies. However, uh I have lovely pink tabs and would love to walk you guys through some of the changes uh to the development agreement uh and put them on the record so that that way everybody understands what we're trying to do to move forward. So for those of you who have the development agreement in front of you, yeah, one of the uh the first changes occurs at page real quick. When you say the development agreement in front of you, you mean the one that was published with Yes, sir. That's correct. What what I have done is created a red line against the published development agreement that incorporates uh a number of changes that were made uh that address what I would describe as minor tweaks to make sure that the language of the development agreement uh adequately reflects the negotiations of the parties involved. Okay. Just so so all the board members are clear, there have been some ongoing changes even up into the last, you know, few hours. Um so what Mr. win is about to walk you through are some changes that are compared against what you've got. It's going to be different than
what's in front of you. So, we need to listen to that and then if we can get some copies, we'll get some done real quick. But, um I'm in order not to delay us, I'm going to let Mr. Win go ahead if that's all right with the board. And what document that we have that are you going to be referring to? Yes, ma'am. You should have a document that's entitled Sandrews Bay Yach Club development agreement. one you got here that begins with the development agreement is entered into this day. Okay. Yes ma'am. Oh yes ma'am. Absolutely. So the first change any other questions before I move through the document. The page that you're doing. Yes sir. First page first change occurs on page three. The section begins with whereas subsequent to and previously it said occasion. The word occasion will be stricken and stated whereas subse subsequent to the occasions described above the owner has and continues to make a good faith and successful effort to minimize any increase in the burden caused by the sailing center as a temporary clubhouse only during the design, permitting and construction of the new clubhouse. The reason for that change for purposes of the board's understanding is to acknowledge the fact that the yach club has at from time to time not been the world's best neighbor and it has imposed from time to time a burden on its neighbors and we're trying to commemorate that and acknowledge the changes we're making to address uh what has occurred in the past. The next change occurs on page uh four. This is a small change. You'll note where it says now, therefore, what we did is we instead of bunkers being possessive, bunkers is uh we we removed the apostrophe there, but wanted to clear that up. The next changes occur on page five, little letter C. You'll see where I believe in your document it says boil parcel. We've added the addition of or boil property to avoid any potential confusion. Moving along on page six,
what will now become little letter Y is a new section entitled special event. A special event shall be defined as a discrete occasional event that is not part of the property's regular day-to-day operations. Special events are distinct from routine recurring club activity and are subject to the additional operational limitations set forth in this agreement. The next portion underneath there will be little letters a much like with the boil property. This would be to reference Stokes parcel as you see it to now include Stokes parcel or Stokes property. Moving along to page 11. The section number five is entitled sidewalks. There was uh you'll note that the provision reads there is currently no sidewalk along the yach club side of Bunkers Cove Road and the city is not requiring the owner to construct a sidewalk as a condition of redevelopment. The city reserves the right and it's the sole discretion and at its own expense to construct a public sidewalk within Bunkers Cove Road. right ofway in the future, but neither the or the owner nor nor Bunker's Point or its successors shall be obligated to install uh let's see sh or pay for any such sidewalk. The word not was inadvertently put in there which creates a double negative. The word not is being stricken from that paragraph. Moving along to page 14, subsection three, which is I think is where a lot of our uh final comments are going to come from. Underneath Stokes parcel limitations, some of you may have heard us reference this as the sailing center property, also known as the Stokes parcel. Your
document contains a subsection A under three as well as a subsection B. Subsection A is entitled no expansion. Subsection B is entitled zoning status of sailing center. What we realize is that these two uh provisions become largely duplicitous and so we have stricken the language of subsection A and included A and B together to create new letter A which would be no expansion and zoning status of sailing center and it covers them both in one paragraph. The next page we're going to move to is page 15. Imperous surface. Imperous surface will be edited to read as follows. No additional imperous surface or semi-imperous surface including but not limited to asphalt, crushed as concrete, crushed concrete, gravel shell or similar aggregate collectively referred to as aggregate shall be installed on the Stokes parcel except where reasonably necessary for safe ingress, egress or code related accessibility of the sailing center. No parking areas, storage or expanded use areas shall be created through the use of aggregate. This shall not prohibit addition of the word occasional overflow vehicle parking on grass and sand. So, as you'll see, what we did is we struck out the language beginning with portion and concluding with exhibit C in that section. Moving along to par page 17 under penalty for extended overnight parking and towing. What I'm going to do is read the language as it will now be reddrafted. You'll have to forgive me. My my ink really started kicking out here. Says, "If a rig remains on the stoke parcel longer than two consecutive nights, the owner shall charge the associated member nightly a fee comparable
to fees charged by private parking facilities and collectible in the same manner as fees of club services and dues. and one you or excuse me and two use reasonable commercial efforts to contact the associated member to seek removal adding the language within 24 hours. If the owner uh excuse me, if after adding the language 72 hours, the rig is not removed, the owner shall, adding the language make all reasonable efforts to have it commercially towed in the associated members expense subject to compliance with any applicable legal requirements for towing. Moving down to uh sub paragraph six uh during regata's ore adding the word special event is the change that occurs there. Coming along on page 18 there was a duplicatus heading under sailing center restoration limitations. We have stricken the duplication under subpar D. There is the addition of little I little uh three I's uh and shall say in no event shall temporary facilities be used to expand operational capacities or intensity. Moving along to page 20, events during reconstruction under uh again that's section G on page 20 going to read uh let's see here starting at it starts with the word in addition on the fourth line in addition striking the language any portion of so it should read in addition an event occurring after 9:30 p.m. and before 8:00 a.m. shall be confined to the in to the interior of an enclosed permanent structure or enclosed temporary facility under the interim operations plan. The
next section in change occurs under section six local laws and policies on the uh what I would call the second uh to last line. It should read uh following the the word that says agreement we have added the addition subject to all limitations restrictions and conditions set forth herein. Moving along to uh duration of vested rights on uh page 22 there's uh I believe it's the third make that fourth line from the bottom there it should say however all improvements adding the word lawfully constructed pursuant to this agreement. And then lastly, the two provisions uh that would be added at the end of the document would be uh which would begin on page 23, I believe, of your docket would have little letter H, which would state intent. This agreement is intended to define but not expand any rights associated with the property and any ambiguity shall be interpreted in favor of historically limited use as opposed to expansion of the baseline burden on the neighboring properties. The exactly the next line uh would be uh little letter I believe I uh which would be discontinuence. If the non-conforming use of the property is discontinued, abandoned, or otherwise causes, excuse me, or otherwise ceases pursuant to the provisions of section 114-3 of the ULDC of Panama City, Florida, the property thereafter shall be subject to, pardon me, uh, all requirements of the underlying zoning district and no non-conforming rights shall be deemed to continue. discontinued or abandoned means the owner intentionally and voluntarily foregoes further non-conforming use of the property. I believe I may have missed one
additional section as I'm thinking about because Lord knows I've spent a lot of time pouring over this. There are two sections in here where we define nighttime activities. And to be clear, the nighttime activities are to be from 9:30 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. So to the extent that I didn't catch one of those, there is that second change. But what you can see here as we move through this document is painstaking and substantive efforts to ensure that we discuss not only what we're going to build on the property, but how we're going to use it and to make sure that it is used in a manner that is feasible and does not burden our neighbors or the area beyond the baseline which has been established as set forth in this agreement. We believe that this agreement is uh again the fruition of a lot of efforts and we believe it is due to be approved today. Thank you. Any questions for questions? Any questions for the applicant? Is there any uh else like to speak on the item? Good afternoon. Meredith Bush, 314 South Balin Street, Sweet 108, Pensacola, Florida 32502. Um, I was sworn, typically we're not in Pensacola because we're attorneys. However, uh, happy to to promise to tell the truth. You may recall we were here several times before, with concerns regarding the yach club's intention. I do believe we've reached a point where we are in agreement with the draft as amended by Mr. Wyn. However, those changes um literally were made and finalized as I drove over. So, we've been assured that if this is approved by your board um and is to go to city council on the 28th, there will be no additional changes and if city council at that time recommends any changes that it'll be delayed. I'm not available on the 28th. My client,
Mr. Hollingsworth, is not available on the 28th. Um, you know, we were promised that it would not be scheduled uh for appearance before you or the city without full concurrence. Um, that didn't happen, but here we are. We have agreed. Um, you know, I do appreciate the hard work that everyone's put in. I do appreciate the concessions made uh to protect Mr. Hollingsworth's rights. Uh, happy to take any questions. And again, you know, I think at this point um you know, with the assurance that everything referenced by Mr. Wyn is in fact what's adopted or presented uh for final vote, then then I think we're good with it. Um my client is here. I don't know if he wishes to say anything, but again, we're happy to take questions. Any questions for them? All right. Thank you. Anyone else here that want to speak speak on this item? Seeing none, do I have a motion? Motion to approve. Second. Motion second. Please take role. Board member Anderson. Yes. Board member Cherry. Yes. Board member Barker. Yes. Board member Rich. Yes. Chairman Newower. I'll abstain. Got it. Motion passes 40. Thank you. Request letter F. Request F is case number ending in 0176. It is an application type for a major development. The applicant is requesting to develop an approximate 6,700 square ft recreational clubhouse in the residential 1 R1 zoning district. Any development activity that is not subject to less than minor or minor development review must request major development approval. The owner of the property is St. Andrew Bay Yach Club and Bunkers Point Educational Foundation Incorporated. Applicant is Robert Carroll. The property is located at 218 Bunkers Cove
Road and 212 Bunkers Cove Road. Thank you. Any questions from the board for staff? Is the applicant here to speak on this item? Michael Win 203 South Kane, Panama City, Florida. Previously sworn in yet again. Um again we are here uh this is the uh sorry still thinking about the last one. This this is the uh the major development uh that would be as part and parcel of the agreement uh that we just uh discussed. All the information in the packet remains unchanged. Site plan uh drawings renderings etc. Happy to answer any questions about them. Uh but I believe the packet and the information submitted there speaks for itself. questions. Thank you. Is there any else here to speak on this item? And just for the board's um because this is subject to a development agreement, but we do have the major development order. You have two uh procedural matters going on here. The development agreement, which you just recommended approval to will go to the city commission for their ultimate approval. The major development order only comes to this board for approval, but they need both in order to proceed. And so I'm going to request that if you find um that you will approve the major development order that it is conditioned upon the city commission approving the development agreement that you just recommended. Okay. So part of your motion would be to if you so choose would be to approve the major development order subject to the condition that the city commission approved the development agreement. Okay. A motion. Do you have a motion with the caveat that this is subject to the development agreement being approved by the city on the um April 28th meeting? Yes. Motion to approve conditional of the development agreement being
uh approved by the city commission. Second. Motion second. Please take role. Board member Anderson. Yes. Board member Cherry. Yes. Board member Barker. Yes. Board member Rich. Yes. Chairman Newower. Abstain. Motion pass has four zero. Thank you. Request letter G. Yeah. Request G is case number ending in 1029. It's in a request for a major development. Um any development activity that is not subject to less than minor or minor development review. Must request major development approval. Um the owner is Watson Bayou Marina Partners LLC and the applicant is Mandy O Reagan with Ankor Consulting Engineering and Inspection Inc. Um and it's located at 407 Maple Avenue. Are there any questions for Thank you. There any questions for staff? Is the applicant here to speak on this item? Thank you. Seth Chandler. Um, 407 Maple Avenue and actually live in Tennessee. So, do you need that address? I have been sworn in, but uh, okay. Any questions for that? I did put a little packet together for you to so you could just sort of get an overview of what we're about. Yeah, thank you. It's not It may not be important. I just wasn't sure if you needed more detail. And if you have a boat, we'd like to put it in one of these new slips. We'll give you a special deal. No, we won't. You have to pay full price. You can't do that. No questions. Thank you. Is there anyone else here to speak on this item? All right. We do have our consultant here, the environmental consultant in case I don't know if she was here
before she was sworn in or not, but Bethany, no other comments. Do I have a motion? Uh motion to approve. Second. Motion second. Please take role. Board member Anderson. Yes. Board member Cherry. Yes. Board member Barker. Yes. Board member Rich. Yes. Chairman Newower. Yes. Motion passes by zero. Thank you. No non- actions. Uh this brings us to the audience participation portion of our agenda. Does anyone from the audience wish to participate? Seeing none. Thank you.
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