Subject:
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Spacewalk Groves, Inc. (Kim Rezanka) requests a CUP for land alteration. (25Z00057) (Tax Account 2315318) (District 2)
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Planning & Development
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Planning and Zoning Board conduct a public hearing to consider a modification to an existing CUP (Conditional Use Permit) for land alteration in PIP (Planned Industrial Park) zoning classification.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The applicant is seeking to amend a prior CUP to expand land alteration activities on the subject property from 10.94 acres to 37.5 acres on a 40.86 acre parcel to accommodate a commercial borrow pit operation primarily to be utilized to support construction projects at the Space Center. The applicant’s original CUP was approved on August 27, 1998, under Zoning Resolution number Z-10134. Section 62-1936 allows an application for a CUP for Land Alteration with a minimum size for land alteration at five acres. The applicant included engineered sketch plans in their CUP application showing the proposed overall site and the offsite haul route. The subject property does not have direct frontage on N. Courtenay Pkwy. The site will be accessed from N. Courtenay Parkway through the abutting parcel to the east, owned by the federal government, which has been previously utilized for the prior CUP’s land alteration activities. Trucking and hauling hours of operation are from 6 AM - 4 PM, Monday through Saturday, with 23 average daily truck trips. The haul route is from the site onto North Courtenay Parkway, with north being the primary route and south being the secondary route. The sketch plans have not been reviewed for compliance with other County departments, with the exception of Brevard County Natural Resources Management Department. Approval of this application does not vest the applicant from compliance with all applicable regulations.
As is required by County Code Sec. 62-4421(b), the applicant is also seeking to modify the Land Alteration Permit from the County since the intended land excavation is greater than 5 acres. The existing Brevard County land alteration permit (LAP# 98-06-001) would be modified and would remain in effect and, upon completion of the 37.5-acre borrow pit operation, the site will be incorporated into the private stormwater retention system serving the Magruder-Smith Farms Lake located west of the subject property.
Additional zoning history includes an administrative zoning initiated for compliance with FLU Policy 10.2 (updated to Policy 15.2) to bring the zoning into conformity with the Brevard County Comprehensive Plan’s Future Land Use Map, which was approved by the Board under Zoning Resolution Z-10146 on September 24, 1998; the approval of this action changed the AU zoning with CUP for land alteration to PIP zoning with retention of the CUP for land alteration.
The abutting parcels located to the north and east are within federal property and not county zoned. There are five (5) zoning classifications within a 0.5-mile radius of this property. Those zonings are AU, IU, IU-1, PIP and RR-1. The most prevalent zoning classification is the AU classification.
The Board may consider whether the request is consistent and compatible with the surrounding area.
The Board of County Commissioners will consider the request on Thursday, March 05, 2026, beginning at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Brevard County Government Center, 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Building C, Commission Room, Viera, Florida.
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
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