Apply now for Advisory Boards and Committees

Melissa Lundquist told Historic City News reporters that the following vacancies exist for St. Johns County Advisory Boards and Committees.

St. Johns County is currently accepting applications for the following volunteer Board and Committee vacancies.

Contact Lundquist at (904) 209-0563 for more information, or to obtain an application.

Adjustment and Appeals Board
Five (5) Vacancies – Two (2)Alternate Positions

Purpose ofCommittee: To hear requests for code interpretation and cases for Unsafe Building Abatement Codes.

Qualifications: Seeking appointees with knowledge or experience in technical codes fields and those of the public. Must be a registered St. Johns County voter. Regular members serve a term of two years and alternates serve a term of one year. Members must file financial disclosure.

Meeting schedule: This Board meets on call as needed in Conference Room1A/1B of the County Permit Center, 4040 Lewis Speedway.

Application Submission Deadline: December 2, 2011.

PonteVedra Zoning and Adjustment Board
Two (2) Vacancies

Purpose ofCommittee: Regulate and restrict the height and size of buildings; to regulate and restrict the intensity of land use; to regulate the area of yards, courts and other space about buildings, to classify, regulate and restrict the location of commerce and industries and the location of buildings designed for specified industrial, commercial, residential and other uses within the Ponte Vedra Zoning District.

Qualifications: Must be a registered voter in St. Johns County and reside in the Ponte Vedra Zoning District. Members must file financial disclosure.

Meeting schedule: This Board meets on the 2nd Monday of each month at 3:00pm in the County Auditorium, 500 San Sebastian View.

Application Submission Deadline: December 2, 2011.

Tourist Development Council
Two (2) Vacancies

Purpose of Committee: Recommend funding of facilities, programs, or contracts which are primarily for the purpose of and related to the development, advancement, furtherance, improvement, or promotion of tourism.

Qualifications: Seeking applicants who own or operate motels, hotels, or other tourist accommodations subject to the bed tax or persons involved in tourist related businesses other than accommodations. Applicants must be registered voters in St. Johns County. Members will be required to file financial disclosure annually.

Meeting schedule: This Council meets the 3rd Monday of every month at 1:30pm in the County Auditorium, 500 San Sebastian Way.

Application Submission Deadline: November 22, 2011.