The Brief Local leaders in Belleair Beach voted 5-0 to deny a couple's height exception request for their unfinished waterfront home. A waterfront home construction project is driving a high-stakes height dispute in Belleair Beach. The Belleair Beach Board of Adjustment voted 5-0 Thursday night to deny the couple's request for a building height variance. "I've watched this house being lifted," Belleair Beach resident Alexander Raas said. "We don't know how we will fix it, but we know that there is a solution," Rahul Shukla said.