Article 10 Appeal — Building Permit No. BLD2025080317 (single-family residence)
Description
A firefighter who paid $1.3M for a riverfront lot won his appeal of a permit denial that hinged on whether submerged lands count toward the two-acre minimum; the Board directed staff to issue the permit.
Impact summary
Beaton's family home remains in limbo pending staff review; he vows to pursue every lawful avenue and launched a boundary-secession website.
Applicant
- Name
- Cory Beaton
- Address
- 18250 SE Loxahatchee River Road, Jupiter, FL 33458
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 1
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · County Commission
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 29, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Board of County Commissioners — September 29, 2026
The board remanded Beaton's denied building permit back to staff to review newly discovered DEP submerged-lands communications, rather than issuing the permit outright.
Board of County Commissioners — August 11, 2026
A firefighter who paid $1.3M for a riverfront lot won his appeal of a permit denial that hinged on whether submerged lands count toward the two-acre minimum; the Board directed staff to issue the permit.
Related issues (1)
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