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Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution vacating and abandoning two (2), seven (7) foot wide utility easements along the west side of Lot 6 and south twenty (22) feet of Lot 5 of the Opal Terrace Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 13, Page 38, of the Public Records of Seminole County, Florida, more particularly known as 574 Ruby Court, Maitland; (Roger Vega and Katherine Exposito, Applicants) District4 - Lockhart (Rebecca Hammock, Development Services Director)
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Division:
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Development Services - Planning and Development
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Authorized By:
Rebecca Hammock, Development Services Director
Contact/Phone Number:
Annie Sillaway/407-665-7936
Background:
Summary:
The purpose of the request is to vacate two utility easements that conflict with the location of structures on-site that have been cited by the County for unpermitted construction (do not have building permits).
Details:
The Applicants have petitioned the County to vacate and abandon two seven (7) foot wide platted utility easements, one (1) temporary and one (1) permanent, along the west side of Lot 6 and south twenty (22) feet of Lot 5 of the Opal Terrace Subdivision, as recorded in the Public Records of Seminole County, Florida Plat Book 13, Page 38.
Vacation of the combined fourteen (14) foot wide utility easements will remove the encroachment of an existing mother-in-law suite, an addition to the primary residence, and a pool deck/screen enclosure, into those utility easements. The existing mother-in-law suite and the existing addition both encroach fourteen (14) feet into the fourteen (14) foot wide easement; the existing pool deck/screen enclosure encroaches seven and one half (7.5) feet into the combined fourteen (14) foot wide utility easements.
The property owner was cited by the Seminole County Building Division for the unpermitted construction of the existing mother-in-law suite, the addition, and the pool deck/screen enclosure.
The mother-in-law suite and addition do not comply with the property’s A-1 (Agriculture) zoning rear yard building setback of thirty (30) feet; therefore, a rear yard building setback variance approval will also be needed by the Board of Adjustment to officialize the structures. Approval of this easement vacation request does not guarantee approval of the needed variances.
The Applicant has provided letters of no objection from all applicable utility companies. County staff has no objection to the vacation and abandonment of the utility easements.
This request complies with the requirements for vacating easements under the authority of Section 35.184 (b), Seminole County Land Development Code.
Requested Action:
Staff requests the Board approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution vacating and abandoning two (2) utility easements on a portion of Lot 5 and all of Lot 6 of the Opal Terrace Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 13, Page 38, of the Public Records of Seminole County, Florida, more particularly known as 574 Ruby Court, Maitland.