Planning board approves shed, lot-coverage variances for Magnolia Manor home
August 12, 2025 | Flagler County, Florida
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The Flagler County Planning and Development Board on Aug. 24 approved a variance that will allow a shed to be placed inside the rear and side setbacks and permit an increase in roofed lot coverage on Lot 5 of Magnolia Manor Unit 2.
Simone Kenny, county planner, told the board the property is an undersized lot of record of about 5,000 square feet in the MH-1 manufactured-home district and abuts conservation land. The application sought a 7-foot rear (north) setback variance from the required 10 feet, a 12-foot right (east) side-yard variance from the required 15 feet, and a 10% lot-coverage variance above the district maximum of 30% to allow what the applicant estimates would increase roofed area from roughly 1,500 to 2,000 square feet.
Kenny summarized the two revised site plans provided by the applicant and said the plans show alternative separations between the proposed shed and a covered patio or deck. "The requested variance is to place a shed within the rear and right side setbacks," she said in her report, and noted the application was continued from the July 8 meeting so staff could receive a scaled site plan.
John Minterberry (applicant representative for Jeff Prosser) spoke for the applicant, saying the existing shed on the parcel is in poor condition and the owner would prefer to replace it and that the main need for the variance is roof coverage for a covered patio. "If he doesn't get the variance, it cannot be a covered patio," Minterberry said. He also said placing a new structure in the existing footprint would reduce the need to remove trees and avoid relocating the septic system.
No members of the public spoke on the item. After board discussion, a motion to approve carried on a roll-call vote with all four members present voting in favor. The board clerk recorded the vote as Ron Long: Aye; Dan Wilcox: Yes; Timothy Connor: Yes; Anthony Lombardo: Yes. The board approved project 2025050046 with the setback and lot-coverage variances described in the staff report.
The approval allows the applicant to pursue permits consistent with the variances and site plan presented to the board. Kenny reminded members it was a "before-the-fact" variance and permitting had not yet begun.
Votes at a glance: project 2025050046 — approved (roll-call unanimous).
Simone Kenny, county planner, told the board the property is an undersized lot of record of about 5,000 square feet in the MH-1 manufactured-home district and abuts conservation land. The application sought a 7-foot rear (north) setback variance from the required 10 feet, a 12-foot right (east) side-yard variance from the required 15 feet, and a 10% lot-coverage variance above the district maximum of 30% to allow what the applicant estimates would increase roofed area from roughly 1,500 to 2,000 square feet.
Kenny summarized the two revised site plans provided by the applicant and said the plans show alternative separations between the proposed shed and a covered patio or deck. "The requested variance is to place a shed within the rear and right side setbacks," she said in her report, and noted the application was continued from the July 8 meeting so staff could receive a scaled site plan.
John Minterberry (applicant representative for Jeff Prosser) spoke for the applicant, saying the existing shed on the parcel is in poor condition and the owner would prefer to replace it and that the main need for the variance is roof coverage for a covered patio. "If he doesn't get the variance, it cannot be a covered patio," Minterberry said. He also said placing a new structure in the existing footprint would reduce the need to remove trees and avoid relocating the septic system.
No members of the public spoke on the item. After board discussion, a motion to approve carried on a roll-call vote with all four members present voting in favor. The board clerk recorded the vote as Ron Long: Aye; Dan Wilcox: Yes; Timothy Connor: Yes; Anthony Lombardo: Yes. The board approved project 2025050046 with the setback and lot-coverage variances described in the staff report.
The approval allows the applicant to pursue permits consistent with the variances and site plan presented to the board. Kenny reminded members it was a "before-the-fact" variance and permitting had not yet begun.
Votes at a glance: project 2025050046 — approved (roll-call unanimous).
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