The new owner of a Gulf Breeze home purchased from embattled plastic surgeon Dr. Ben Brown may be permitted to keep a pool enclosure that was illegally installed before the home went to market.
Warren Sonnen, the son of Derek Sonnen, who had purchased the property, was forced to appear before the Santa Rosa County Zoning Board Sept. 11 to request a variance allowing him to keep the enclosure.
The Zoning Board granted the variance by a 7-2 vote and, if the County Commission goes along with the Zoning Board decision, Sonnen will not be compelled to tear down the enclosure and rebuild it to county standards…