variance from Philip J. Raymond, 4419 Burlington Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33713, pursuant to Section 120.542, F.S. Petitioner is seeking a variance from subsection 40B-4.3030(1)(e), F.A.C., as to the District will not approve the issuance of ...

 

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Suwannee River Water Management District

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 30, 2015, the Suwannee River Water Management District, received a petition for variance from Philip J. Raymond, 4419 Burlington Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33713, pursuant to Section 120.542, F.S. Petitioner is seeking a variance from paragraph 40B-4.3030(1)(e), F.A.C., as to the District will not approve the issuance of permits for new roads within a work of the district which at any point along the road have a driving surface greater than one foot above adjacent natural ground elevations, or result in a net fill within the floodway. Petitioner proposes to clear a 12-foot wide pathway for an access road, raising the natural grade of a dip in the proposed roadway approximately two to three feet in order level the uneven ground, and to fill in two sinkholes within the pathway, maintaining a new, constant elevation of 42 feet. Petitioner is also seeking variances from subsections 40B-4.3030(4) and (7), as to buildings in the floodway shall be elevated on piles without the use of fill such that the lowest structural member of the building is at an elevation at least one foot above the 100-year flood/ one percent annual chance of flood elevation, and as to no fill material shall be placed above the natural grade of the ground except for minor amounts of fill which are less than or equal to 100 square feet of the cross-sectional area of the floodway, respectively. Petitioner proposes to relocate approximately 4,600 cubic feet of dirt from one location on the property to another in order to raise the elevation of the ground beneath the proposed construction from 49 to 52 feet. The majority of the relocated dirt will have a cross-sectional area of approximately 114 square feet, and will taper down to the natural grade an additional 10 feet in all directions. The proposed building will be raised five feet from the new grade, with a final elevation only six and 3/16 inches above the 100-year flood elevation. The project is located in Suwannee County, in Township 3 South, Range 11 East, Section 17. The petitioner has been assigned WOD number WOD-121-225628-1, Lot 21 & 22 Suwannee River Terrace.

A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Tilda Musgrove, Business Resource Specialist, Suwannee River Water Management District, 9225 CR 49, Live Oak, FL 32060, [phone] or 1(800)226-1066 in Florida only.