Placement: First Reading of Ordinances / Public Hearing
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Ordinance 26-39, Public Hearing, an Ordinance of the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida, Amending the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Port St. Lucie to Provide a Small-Scale Amendment to the Future Land Use Map to Change the Future Land Use Designation for Approximately 19.7 Acres from Residential Golf Course (RGC) to Commercial General (CG) for a Parcel of Land Legally Described as a Portion of Section 6, Township 37 South, Range 39 East and a Portion of Section 31, Township 36 South, Range 30 East, Generally Located at the NE Corner of Crosstown Parkway and Rangeline Road, and Lots 1 to 5 of Verano - Commercial Parcel Plat No. 1, as Recorded in Plat Book 138, Page 38, of the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida. (P26-028)
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Submitted By: Bethany Grubbs, AICP, Senior Planner/Public Art Program
Strategic Plan Link: N/A - Development Application
Executive Summary (General Business): The applicant requests a future land use designation change from Residential Golf Course (RGC) to Commercial General (CG) for 19.7 acres in the Verano POD H development, located along the Crosstown Parkway corridor.
Presentation Information: Staff will provide a presentation.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council adopt the amendment as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Board.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and adopt the amendment.
2. Move that the Council deny the amendment and provide staff with direction.
Background: DRI entitlements authorize up to 848,500 square feet of retail/service uses and 100,000 square feet of office uses. The proposal does not include any change to development entitlements or increase in density or intensity. The RGC Future Land Use designation is a mixed-use category requiring inclusion of at least one 18-hole golf course, allowing a maximum residential density of 5 dwelling units per gross acre, and permitting up to ten percent of the land area to be developed with non-residential uses. Permitted non-residential uses may include hotel, conference center, recreational, specific institutional, retail, and office uses. Retail and office uses within the RGC designation are intended to serve the internal development and function as low-intensity commercial uses.
Issues/Analysis: The property consists of parcels in two different locations as follows: Site 1: Approximately 9.7 acres, comprising five parcels, located at the corner of Crosstown Parkway and Sundance Vista Boulevard. Site 2: Approximately 10.0 acres located at the corner of Crosstown Parkway and Range Line Road. The purpose of this request is to allow more intensive commercial uses consistent with the CG designation. Because CG zoning permits uses of greater intensity than those planned under the RGC designation, CG zoning is not compatible with the existing RGC Future Land Use classification.
The Planned Unit Development application (P21-070), approved by City Council on January 22, 2024, established the Verano POD H PUD. A concurrent PUD amendment has been submitted to update the list of permitted and special exception uses to reflect uses of greater intensity consistent with Section 158.124 - General Commercial (CG) of the Zoning Code.
Financial Information: N/A
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: The properties are generally located southeast of Glades Cut-Off Road, east of Rangeline Road, and north of Crosstown Parkway.
Business Impact Statement: N/A
Attachments:
1. Ordinance
2. Exhibit “A”
3. Staff Report
4. Application
5. Cover Letter
6. Agent Authorization Letter
7. Special Warranty Deed
8. Staff Presentation
NOTE: All of the listed items in the “Attachment” section above are in the custody of the City Clerk. Any item(s) not provided in City Council packets are available upon request from the City Clerk.
Internal Reference Number: 26098-06
Legal Sufficiency Review:
Reviewed by Russell Ward, Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by Richard Berrios, City Attorney.