Placement: Public Hearing - Quasi Judicial
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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P24-134 Decorative Concrete Specialists of South Florida - Special Exception Use
Location: 2134 and 2174 NW Commerce Lakes Drive.
Legal Description: Go Team Industrial Park-Unit Three-Block B, Lots 13 & 14
The request is for a Special Exception Use (SEU) to allow a Concrete Plant at this location per Section 158.136 (C) (8) of the Zoning Code.
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Submitted By: Daniel Robinson, Planner III
Executive Summary: The applicant is requesting a special exception use (SEU) to allow a concrete plant in the Industrial Zoning District. Section 158.136(C)(8) of the Zoning Code allows heavy industrial uses that are not specifically listed to be approved by special exception in the Industrial (IN) Zoning District.
Presentation Information: Staff will provide a presentation.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Board recommend approval as recommended by the Site Plan Review Committee.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Board amend the recommendation and recommend approval.
2. Move that the Board recommend denial and provide an explanation.
Background: In 2019, the property was rezoned to Service Commercial to bring the property into compatibility with the existing Land Use of Service Commercial and to allow the applicant to develop a warehouse building with open storage for a concrete fencing business at this site. The business owner now proposes to expand his business by adding a batch concrete plant.
On February 10, 2025, Lot 13 was approved by City Council for the change of the Future Land Use to Heavy Industrial and the Zoning to Industrial. On November 12, 2024, Lot 14 was approved by City Council for the change of the Future Land Use to Heavy Industrial and the Zoning to Industrial. The next steps to have a batch concrete plant on the property are to receive approval for a SEU, and then a site plan
This project was originally scheduled for the June 3, 2025, Planning and Zoning Board meeting. Staff requested the tabling of this project due to truck traffic concerns. The Board tabled P24-134 to a date uncertain.
Issues/Analysis: An ESAL (Equivalent Single Axel Load) was provided to analyze the additional load being put on City roads from the concrete trucks proposed as part of this Special Exception Use. The additional loading on city roads will cause faster deterioration of the roadway if the roadways being utilized are not built to a high enough structural capacity to handle the concrete truck weight. Per this analysis, it was agreed that the applicant would need to provide 1” of additional asphalt from the project’s southern driveway north to Commerce Centre Drive along Commerce Lakes Drive. The City’s legal department and the property owner have put together a Cost Responsibility Agreement (attached). Based on the cost estimate from the City’s contractor contract pricing and this agreement, the developer has agreed to provide the City a payment of $40,082.31 upon approval of the SEU and prior to Public Works construction permits being issued. The City will coordinate the additional work and the timing of the asphalt with the roadway work already planned in the area of Commerce Centre Drive very soon.
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: The property is located at 2134 and 2174 NW Commerce Lakes Drive.
Attachments:
• Staff Report
• Exhibit A - Conceptual Site Plan
• Cost Responsibility Agreement
• Public Works Memo
• Equivalent Single Axel Load Report
• Application
• Deeds
• Staff Presentation