Approval to Reduce Drainage Easement at 2327 Platinum Drive

Original title: V26-0010 Public Hearing - Vacating Petition by Joseph Bernhardt and Michelle Andersen-Bernhardt to vacate a portion of a platted public drainage easement located at 2327 Platinum Drive in Sun City Center, within Folio 057472-2822. Adopt a Resolution vacating a portion of a platted public drainage easement, consisting of approximately 40.4 square feet, within Lot 6, Block 2 of the plat of Sun City Center Unit 257, Phase I, as recorded in Plat Book 75, Page 37, of the public records of Hillsborough County. The petitioners, Michelle Andersen-Bernhardt and Joseph Bernhardt have submitted this request to cure an encroachment of the westerly exterior wall of the home into the platted public drainage easement so they can complete the sale of their property. The wall was permitted and constructed in 1998. Although the County’s Public Works Department Policy PWD 0001.0 2016 generally restricts the vacating of drainage easements, Public Works Stormwater does not object to the vacate request due to the relatively small area requested to be vacated - the petitioner is requesting to reduce the 10-foot-wide easement to 9 feet for the 40-foot length of their house wall (40.4 square feet of the 1,400 square-foot total easement). County departments, agencies and utility providers have raised no objections to this request. Estimated costs for required advertising per statute, recording fees, and processing are accounted for in the Petitioner’s application fee of $400.