Subject:
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Waiver of Subdivision Perimeter Buffer, Re: Meadow Pointe (22SD00010) (24WV00016)
Developer: DRMP, Inc. District 1
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Planning and Development
Requested Action:
Recommendation
The applicant requests a waiver to Section 62-2883(d), of the subdivision requirements to allow improvements to be made to the stormwater system that will encroach into the required fifteen-foot perimeter buffer. Staff has reviewed the request and does not object to the requested waiver subject to the project development being consistent with the current subdivision plan including the project landscaping plan as outlined below and specified in the plans. End
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Summary Explanation and Background:
Section 62-2883(d) requires that for the development of proposed residential subdivisions, a minimum 15-foot perimeter buffer shall be required. Such buffer shall remain undisturbed along all property boundaries and shall be platted as a common tract, separate from individual lots. Landscape improvements may be constructed within said buffer tract subject to review and approval by the county. The buffer tract is intended to provide screening between the boundaries of residential developments and adjacent properties.
Meadow Pointe is a proposed residential subdivision located on the north side of State Route 46, one-quarter mile west of Interstate 95. The proposal is for 193 detached single-family residential lots on 113.8 acres. The project is bounded by State Route 46 to the south, as well as two commercial parcels zoned BU-1 (general retail commercial), bounded to the east by property zoned BU-2 (retail, warehousing, and wholesale commercial) and occupied by the Pilot Travel Center. The property is also bounded by vacant, GU-zoned (general use) property to the north and east, and by single-family mobile home development zoned TR-1 and vacant land zoned GML (government managed lands) to the west.
The applicant asserts that the ability to avoid grading within portions of the buffer tract is not possible due to the design constraints associated with the existing and proposed drainage systems. The existing FDOT outfall onto the subject property requires rerouting of the historical drainage, and that rerouting requires grading within the perimeter buffer. The applicant also asserts that improvements to the FDOT outfall will facilitate drainage improvement for adjacent properties.
Staff from Public Works Engineering and from the Natural Resources Management Department have worked with the applicant through the subdivision plan review process to reach agreement regarding the details of the waiver request, and has no object to approval assuming the approval is conditional upon the design depicted in the subdivision plan and the preliminary plat including the landscaping plans specified therein. Pursuant to Section 62-3207 of the Code, Staff requests that it be evaluated by the Board of County Commissioners. Board approval of this waiver does not relieve the developer from obtaining all other necessary jurisdictional permits.
Reference: 24WV00016, 22SD00010
Contact: Tim Craven, Planner III, 321-350-8266
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