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 North Merritt Island Dependent Special District 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 40.7 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) will be modified and 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.
The abutting parcels located to the north and east are within federal property and not county zoned. To the south is vacant land and an industrial air plant with IU and IU-1 zoning with Industrial FLU. To the west is AU zoning with RES 1 developed with a shed/building.
The Board may wish to consider the compatibility of the proposed CUP with the surrounding area. The Board may also wish to consider additional conditions beyond those cited in Sections 62-1901 and 62-1936 in order to mitigate potential offsite impacts to the abutting properties.
The Planning and Zoning Board will consider the request on Monday, February 16, 2026, beginning at 3:00 p.m. and the Board of County Commissioners on Thursday, March 05, 2026, beginning at 5:00 p.m. The meetings 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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