The county is currently accepting applications for the following boards and committees. For a full description, click on the name link for any board or committee below.
Candidates for Boards and Committees are encouraged to apply if they meet the general qualifications.
Adjustment and Appeals Board
Purpose: The purpose of the Adjustment and Appeals Board is to hear requests for code interpretation and cases for unsafe building abatement codes. The Adjustment and Appeals Board primary responsibility is to hear and decide appeals of orders, decision or determinations made by the building official relative to the application and interpretation of the Building Code.
General Qualifications: Seeking members with knowledge and/or experience in technical codes fields and those from the general public. Must be a registered voter in St. Johns County. Regular members as well as alternatives serve a term of two years. Members must file financial disclosure.
District: N/A
Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
Purpose: The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) reviews established policies and procedures, ordinances, land development regulations and adopted local government comprehensive plan to recommend specific action or initiatives to encourage or facilitate affordable housing while protecting the ability of the property to appreciate in value.
General Qualifications: Seeking applicants who reside within St. Johns County, represents employers within St. Johns County, or represents essential services personnel, as defined in the local housing assistance plan. Members serve a term of four (4) years.District: N/A
Architectural Review Committee
Purpose: The purpose of the Architectural Review Committee is to ensure enhanced property development while maintaining and encouraging quality character of design within the Ponte Vedra and Ponte Vedra/Palm Valley Overlay Districts in line with the goals and objectives of the St. Johns County Comprehensive Plan.
General Qualifications: Seeking applicants who are a registered architect in the State of Florida or a retired architect formerly registered in the State of Florida and reside within the Ponte Vedra Zoning District or within District 4, but outside of the Ponte Vedra Zoning District. Regular members as well as alternates serve a term of four (4) years.District: N/A
Contractors Review Board
Purpose: The purpose of the Contractors Review Board is to ensure proper administration of contractor licensing and discipline of licensees. The Contractors Review Board primary responsibility is to provide qualified trades workers for the citizens of St. Johns County by upholding contractor licensing requirements to assure public safety within the construction industry.
General Qualifications: The Board is comprised of (9) members, each serving a (4) year term. The Board includes representation from each of the following licensed professions; General Building, or Residential Contractor, Roofing Contractor, Swimming Pool Contractor, Electrical Contractor, Plumbing Contractor, Mechanical or Air Conditioner Contractor, Class II Contractor and two citizens with no contractor industry involvement.District: N/A
Ponte Vedra Zoning and Adjustment Board
Purpose: 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.
General Qualifications: Must be a register voter in St Johns County and reside in the Ponte Vedra Zoning District. Members must file financial disclosure.District: 4
South Anastasia Design Review
Purpose: The purpose of the South Anastasia Design Review Board is to protect and preserve the "Old Florida" style, rural beach community in the South Anastasia Overlay District and achieve specific goals and objective of the St. Johns County Comprehensive Plan. The Design Review Board's (DRB) primary responsibility is to determine compliance with Part 3.07.00 South Anastasia Overlay of the St. Johns County Land Development Code, Ordinance 99-51, as amended.
General Qualifications: Applicants serving as Alternate members will have voting privileges only in the absence of one or more regular members. Applicants must reside within the South Anastasia Overlay District. Members serve a term of four (4) years.District: N/A
Contact
County Commission Office
500 San Sebastian View
St. Augustine, FL 32084
E:
BOCCOffice@sjcfl.us
P: (904) 209-0300
F: (904) 209-0310