Jeter home draws ire of neighborhood association

Tampa, Florida -- Derek Jeter's attempt to build an outfield-sized wall around his new 30,000-plus-sq. ft. Davis Islands home has, well, run into a bit of a wall.

The Yankees star is looking for an exception to the city's three-foot-tall limit on solid walls, citing privacy and security issues at the waterfront mansion. His request for a six-foot-tall concrete and wrought-iron fence will go before Tampa's Variance Review Board on Tuesday, August 11.

But according to Ken Elmore, a member of the Davis Islands Civic Association, the board voted 12-6 to reject the request. While the association has no actual authority when it comes to Jeter's request, Elmore says the group will take the results to next week's review meeting, hoping to sway the variance board.

Elmore writes that board president Jeffrey Siewart encouraged other board members to vote against the variance "to maintain the precedence set by other front yard requests and to comply with the City Code as stated."

Jeter is currently building Tampa's largest home (1.26 acres, 7 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms) on three lots on Bahama Circle, a quiet Davis Islands street built along the East side of Hillsborough Bay.