Under reviewVariance

LDLVAR-2025-76 (Via Monte Napoleone Dr Variance)

Description

Contractor request on behalf of Solivita homeowners to build a solid-roof screen room five feet from the rear line, where ten feet is required because the roof ties into the house.

Impact summary

Rear abuts a stormwater retention tract with no rear neighbors; four nearby lots already have similar solid-roof enclosures, and two support letters came in.

Applicant

Name: Donny Daugherty (owners: Jan William Gripp and Ulrika Sahlgren Gripp)
Address: 3685 Via Monte Napoleone Drive, Solivita, east of Haines CitySee this on the map

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 0
Total mentions: 1

Recorded in the meeting · Polk County Land Use Hearing Officer

Discussed

Last discussed Feb 26, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Feb 26, 2026

Polk County Land Use Hearing Officer — February 26, 2026

Contractor request on behalf of Solivita homeowners to build a solid-roof screen room five feet from the rear line, where ten feet is required because the roof ties into the house.

Related issues (1)

Residential setback and height variances

A builder wants to exceed the county's 1,000-square-foot cap on accessory buildings at a home near Indian Creek Park Drive in Lakeland. Neighbors generally only care if the bigger structure affects them — nobody spoke for or against.

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