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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes - Final January 27, 2026

re-elections, and Commissioners Colter, Sergeant, and Welch upon their

reappointments to the Commission. He then provided the following brief report of the

last two council meetings:

Land Use:

\- Approved ordinances temporarily allowing administrative approvals of certain

land use actions that otherwise would have had to go though the Planning

Commission and extending the expiration of such measures to 12/31/2026.

The affected actions include:

\\* Waivers for non-conforming commercial properties

\\* Development permits relating to variances, waivers, conditional use permits

and build backs.

\\* Conditional use permits (including Commission's recommendation of

excluding: eating places, restaurants, grocery stores, etc.)

\- Approved the ordinance allowing administrative approval of deviation of

coverage rules pertaining to certain electrical and mechanical equipment

including necessary stairs and platforms if developed before specified dates.

Other Major Items:

\- Moving forward with the existing plan for the reconstruction of the East

Periwinkle bridge.

\- Extended a request from a resort to allow beach day passes until July 31.

\- Received a status report from the City Manager on recovery of the fishing pier

and decided to proceed with a two-phase option that, if it is determined to be

structurally feasible, will involve doing above-water repairs first allowing

re-opening of the pier and later dealing with the below water structural repairs.

Under this plan, the City will contribute $223K (the estimated cost of

demolition) and a private fund raising effort will be initiated to fund the

remaining $428K.

\- Received the Draft Vulnerability Assessment measuring the exposure of the

City's critical assets to flooding and sea level rise. By accepting this report,

we will be able to begin the Adaptation Plan work. Both studies are financed

by an FDEP grant.