CITY OF SARASOA City of Sarasota Board of Adjustment Minutes December 15, 2021 The following are the motion minutes of the Board of Adjustment meeting held in the SRQ Media Studio at City Hall, 1565 1st Street, 1st Floor Annex Building, on Wednesday, December 15th, 2021. All in attendance stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting came to order at 1:30 p.m. Mr. DiMaria reminded everyone in attendance to silence their cell phones, and asked anyone intending to speak, to speak into the microphone. Roll call was taken. PRESENT: Philip DiMaria, Chair; Matthew Ruch, Vice Chair; Olga Hanlon, BOA Member; Kevin McAndrew, General Manager of Development Services and Secretary to the Board; Angela McLeod, Administrative Assistant, Development Services ABSENT: Edward D' Agostino, BOA Member; Chad Turnbull, BOA Member LEGAL COUNSEL: Mike Connolly, Deputy City Attorney The November 17, 2021, meeting minutes were approved as submitted. Mr. Connolly explained the Quasi-judicial hearing procedures and noted that one completed form for Affected Person status had been received. Ex-parte communications and site visits were announced. Mr. McAndrew recited the Pledge of Conduct for all in attendance and everyone intending to speak was sworn in. Time Limits were announced. NEW BUSINESS Variance Petition No. 2021-VAR-07, Arlington Condominium Developers II, LLC, owner, requesting a variance to reduce the number of required parking spaces from 16 to 14, for a total reduction of 2 spaces, to allow for the conversion of an existing storage space in the building to a residential dwelling unit. Address: 2086 Arlington Street. Zoning Code Section: VII-204. Legal Description: On file in the Zoning Division of the Development Services Department, City of Sarasota. Zone District: RMF5 (Residential Multi-Family). Dan Greenberg, agent for the owner. Mr. Connolly asked if Barbara May was in attendance, as she had completed and submitted a form for Affected Person Status. Mr. Connolly recommended that Ms. May not be granted Affected Person Status, as she was not in attendance. The Board did not grant Ms. May Affected Person Status. The public hearing was opened. Mr. McAndrew provided an overview of the requested variances. Dan Greenberg, agent for the owner, and Jimmy Driggers, owner, approached the Board. Mr. Greenberg and Mr. Driggers presented the variance petition to the Board. The Board questioned Mr. Greenberg and Mr. Driggers. No members of the public signed up to speak. The public hearing was closed. The Board discussed the variance request. Ms. Hanlon made a motion to approve the requested variance. The motion was seconded by Mr. DiMaria. The vote was 2-1 and was not sufficient for approval, as 3 votes are required for an approval or the denial of a variance request. (Hanlon - yes; Ruch - no; DiMaria - yes) Mr. Connolly stated that the variance petition would be continued to the January 26, 2022 meeting and that the Board Members who were not in attendance would vote on the petition at that time. Page 2 There were no Presentations of Topics by Board Members. Variance Petition No. 2022-VAR-03, Christopher Simon, owner, requesting a variance to construct a dock with an area of approximately 700 square feet, which exceeds the maximum allowed dock area of 500 square feet. The total variance requested is for 200 square feet. Address: 1452 Hillview Drive. Zoning Code Section: VII-1302. Legal Description: On file in the Zoning Division of the Development Services Department, City of Sarasota. Zone District: RSFE (Residential Single Family-Estate). Christopher Simon, owner. Mr. Connolly stated that Variance Petition No. 22-VAR-03 has been continued to the January 26, 2021 meeting to be held in the City Commission Chambers. There were no Special Meetings scheduled. The meeting adjourned at 2:20 p.m. Matluo PRL Sni Mmu CHAIRPERSON of the Board of Adjustment SECRETARY to the Board of Adjustment Page 3