2024.12.12_PB_Minutes_RegularaTOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH
PLANNING BOARD REGULAR MEETING
MINUTES
Town Hall Commission Chambers Date: December 12, 2024
3618 South Ocean Boulevard Time: 9:30 AM
Highland Beach, Florida 33487
1. CALL TO ORDER
Vice Chairperson Mendelson called the meeting to order at 9:30 A.M.
2. ROLL CALL
Board Member Jason Chudnofsky
Board Member David Axelrod
Board Member David Powell
Board Member Eve Rosen
Board Member Roger Brown
Vice Chairperson Ilyne Mendelson
Town Attorney Leonard Rubin
Deputy Town Clerk Jaclyn DeHart
ADDITIONAL STAFF PRESENT
Town Planner Ingrid Allen
ABSENT
Chairperson Eric Goldenberg
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Board Members led the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America.
4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
Motion: Rosen/ Axelrod -Moved to approve the agenda as presented which passed
6to0.
5. SWEARING IN OF THE PUBLIC
Deputy Town Clerk Jaclyn DeHart swore in those giving testimony.
6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. November 14, 2024
Planning Board Regular Meeting Minutes
Date: December 12, 2024 Page 2 of 4
Motion: Rosen/Powell - Moved to approve the minutes as presented which
passed 6 to 0.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. None
8. NEW BUSINESS
A. Development Order Application No. PZ -24-7 / 3519 S. Ocean Blvd. LLC
Application No. PZ -24-7 by Mark Hunley, Charette International
Architecture, requesting an amendment to a previously approved site plan
for a new three-story single family residence (Development Order No. 22-
0017) in order to alter the location of the residence approximately nine feet
westward, to increase the square footage under AC from 3,997 to 4,052, and
to reduce the rear covered patio and rear balcony by 1.5 feet for the
property located at 3521 South Ocean Boulevard.
Vice Chairperson Mendelson read the title of the item and asked the Board
Members if they had any ex parte communications to disclose. The Members had
no ex parte communications.
Vice Chairperson Mendelson opened the public hearing and called Town Planner
Allen to present the application.
Town Planner Allen presented Development Order Application No. PZ -24-7 and
provided a brief overview of the history of the application.
Mark Hunley, Charette International Architecture, provided comments on the
application.
Vice Chairperson Mendelson closed the public hearing
Motion: Powell/Chudnofsky - Moved to approve Development Order
Application No. PZ -24-7. Based upon a roll call: Member Powell
(Yes), Member Chudnofsky (Yes), Member Rosen (Yes), Member
Brown (Yes), Member Axelrod (Yes), and Vice Chairperson
Mendelson (Yes). The motion passed on a 6 to 0 vote.
B. Development Order Application No. PZ -24-9 / NJC Highland LLC
Application No. PZ -24-9 by the Benedict Bullock Group, PA requesting site
plan approval for a new three level, 8,154 square foot single family
residence with pool for the property located at 3723 South Ocean
Boulevard.
Planning Board Regular Meeting Minutes
Date: December 12, 2024
Page 3 of 4
Vice Chairperson Mendelson read the title of the item and asked the Board
Members if they had any ex parte communications to disclose. The Members had
no ex parte communications.
Vice Chairperson Mendelson opened the public hearing and called Town Planner
Allen to present the application.
Town Planner Allen presented Development Order Application No. PZ -24-9.
Thomas Benedict, Benedict Bullock Group, provided comments on the
application.
Vice Chairperson Mendelson closed the public hearing.
MOTION: Mendelson/Powell - Moved to approve Development Order No. PZ -
24 -8 9 with the following condition of approval: Provide Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) approval for project
prior to issuance of Town building permit. Based upon roll call: Vice
Chairperson Mendelson (Yes), Member Powell (Yes), Member
Rosen (Yes), Member Brown (Yes), Member Chudnofsky (Yes), and
Member Axelrod (Yes). The motion passed on a 6 to 0 vote.
C. Development Order Application No. PZ -24-15 / Robert Hammond
Application No. PZ -24-15 by William Thomas, Unlimited Permit Services,
Inc., requesting a special exception to install a 136'6" seawall along with
associated seawall cap, a 297.5 square foot dock, and a 16,000 pound
capacity elevator boat lift for the property located at 4203 Tranquility Drive.
Vice Chairperson Mendelson read the title of the item and asked the Board
Members if they had any ex parte communications to disclose. The Members had
no ex parte communications.
Vice Chairperson Mendelson opened the public hearing and called Town Planner
Allen to present the application.
Town Planner Allen presented Development Order Application No. PZ -24-15.
William Thomas, Unlimited Permit Services, provided comments on the
application.
The Board discussed the application and asked questions of the applicant.
Norman Weinstein, 4207 Tranquility Dr., provided comments on the application.
Darrin Dunlea, Seadar builders, provided comments on the application.
The Board discussed the application and Vice Chairperson Mendelson closed
the public hearing.
Planning Board Regular Meeting Minutes
Date: December 12, 2024
Page 4 of 4
MOTION: Mendelson/Chudnofsky - Moved to approve Development Order No.
PZ -24-15. Based upon roll call: Vice Chairperson Mendelson (Yes),
Member Chudnofsky (Yes), Member Rosen (Yes), Member Brown
(Yes), Member Powell (Yes), and Member Axelrod (Yes). The
motion passed on a 6 to 0 vote.
D. Consideration of the 2025 Proposed Planning Board Meeting Dates.
MOTION: Axelrod/Rosen — Moved to approve the first three dates of the
Proposed Planning Board Meeting Schedule (January 16, 2025,
February 13, 2025, and March 13, 2025), and discuss the rest of the
dates at the January 2025 meeting, which passed 6 to 0.
9. ANNOUNCEMENTS
December 17, 2024 1:30 PM Town Commission Meeting
10. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 10:34 AM.
APPROVED on January 16, 2025 Planning Board Regular Ming.
Eric Goldenberg, Chairperson
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