Change in ISM
Designation for Duck Key?
The Duck Key residential
community has been zoned ISM - Improved Subdivision
Masonary for more than a decade.
In 1988 the Duck Key
Property Owners' Association worked hard to restore the
masonary-only designation after it was inexplicably
rejected by the State Department of Community Affairs.
With the support of
Commissioner Puto the masonary-only designation became
the basis for reviewing all building permits by the
Building Department for Duck Key from that time
on.
Recently residents have
observed several homes under construction which utilize
in part wood construction for supporting walls. Note
image.
Upon making inquiry of
the Building Department on the permitting of said
structures it was learned that a memorandum from Carolyn
Licausi, Supervisor of Plantation Key explained that
"Marlene has determined
that the State Building Code supercedes Sec. 9.5-242 of
the LDR's requiring masonary construction in ISM
subdivisions.
However, the County will
require . . . that any new construction have a masonary
facade, such as stucco."
Memorandum from Carolyn
Licausi, Supervisor of Plantation Key
