Placement: Public Hearing - Quasi Judicial
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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P23-001 Southern Grove - Capstone Cottages - Landscape Modification
Location: The property is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of SW Village Parkway and Paar Drive.
Legal Description: Southern Grove Parcel 28 Replat Tract B
This is a request to provide landscaping in lieu of an architectural buffer wall in a landscape buffer strip pursuant to Section 154.12 of the Landscape and Land Clearing Code.
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Submitted By: Bridget Kean, AICP, Senior Planner
Executive Summary: Capstone Communities has applied for a landscape modification to substitute an enhanced landscape buffer in lieu of providing a wall along the property’s western perimeter landscape buffer. Capstone Cottages is an approved horizontal multi-family project consisting of one-story and two-story detached cottages and two unit attached cottages/duplexes for a total of 286 dwelling units. The project is currently under construction. A subdivision plat has been approved for a single-family residential subdivision (Kenley) to the west of Capstone development. Per Section 154.03(C)5 of the Landscape and Land Clearing Code, a wall is required in a landscape buffer strip where multi-family development abuts property to the side or rear which is designated with single-family zoning or PUD zoning with single-family uses. There is an existing 170- foot wide FPL easement between the Capstone development and the Kenley single-family subdivision. The request is to substitute an enhanced landscape strip with a continuous hedge, assorted canopy trees, and palm trees for an architectural buffer wall.
Presentation Information: Staff will provide a presentation.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Board approve the landscape modification request as recommended by staff.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Board amend the recommendation and approve the landscape modification request.
2. Move that the Board not approve the request and provide staff direction.
Background: A site plan for Capstone Community Cottages was approved by the City Council on April 21, 2021 (P20-141). Each unit will have its own backyard and the development program includes a community pool, clubhouse, playground, and dog park. The building height for the one-story units is twelve (12) feet and the building height for the two-story units is twenty-one (21) feet. The Kenley subdivision plat was approved for 214 single-family residential lots that will be located east of the 170-foot-wide FPL easement. The Capstone development is on the west side of the 170-foot-wide FPL easement.
Issues/Analysis: In addition to bordering a 170-foot-wide FPL easement, the Capstone property also borders a 41-acre open space tract to the west that is preserved as part of the Southern Grove DRI. The westernmost portion of the Kenley single-family subdivision is along the east side of the 41-acre open space tract. Based on these separations, the applicant is requesting the substitution of enhanced landscaping in lieu of providing a six (6) foot buffer wall.
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: The property is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of SW Village Parkway and Paar Drive.
Attachments:
1. Staff Report
2. Applicant’s Justification Statement
3. Proposed Capstone Landscape Modification Plan
4. Application
5. Warranty Deed
6. Approved Capstone Site Plan
7. Approved Kenley Landscape Plan
8. Staff Presentation