Subject:
Title
Health First, Inc.; and Health First Shared Services, Inc. (Kim Rezanka) requests a change of zoning classification from BU-1 and BU-2 to PUD, with waivers. (22PUD00001) (District 2)
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Planning & Development
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners conduct a public hearing to consider a change of zoning classification from BU-1 (General Retail Commercial) and BU-2 (Retail, Warehousing, and Wholesale Commercial) to PUD (Planned Unit Development), with waivers.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The Preliminary Development Plan for the PUD proposes the following uses - hospital; central utility plant; medical office; spa; child care center; restaurant; education center; coffee shop; market/juice bar; mixed-retail; concierge tower; and fitness center. The current plan proposes two helicopter landing sites (helipads - one on top of the hospital and one on an elevated deck located north of the hospital); however, the applicant states only one pad will be retained. Total proposed development is for a building mass of 528,000 square feet mostly located on top of a 300,000 square-foot, two-story parking structure for a total development of 828,000 square feet. Building heights will range from single-story to a 7-story hospital building measured at 161-feet above the average elevation of the finished development grade of the building site.
Secondly, the applicant is requesting the ability to provide for air transport patient service to an Emergency Department available on a 24 hour per day, 7 days a week basis.
Thirdly, the applicant requests multiple waivers to Chapter 62, Article VI (Zoning Regulations). A description of those waivers are provided in the application.
The PUD zoning classification is designed to allow an applicant to submit a proposal for consideration, for any use or mixture of uses, and to allow the board of county commissioners to approve any...
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