Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve a Major Site Plan for Sympatico Residential (P23-090).
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Submitted By: Francis Forman, Planner II, Planning & Zoning Department.
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Executive Summary (General Business): The owner, Port St. Lucie Properties, LLC, has applied for a major site plan approval for a project known as Sympatico Residential. The proposed major site plan is for the development of a 324-unit, multi-family apartment complex, which will consist of nine (9) three-story buildings. The proposed site will have the main access located along SW Yale Street, with a secondary access coming from the north side of the existing Darwin Plaza that abuts the subject property. Additionally, the applicant is proposing to reconstruct the intersection of SW Darwin Boulevard and SW Yale Street to install a traffic calming round-about. The proposed roundabout will be utilized to reduce the strain on traffic impacts that will result from the construction of the proposed complex. The subject property also contains multiple cat colonies, which the applicant has agreed to relocate into the proposed 4.65-acre nature preserve, located on the eastern side of the property. The relocation of these colonies will be done over several weeks and prior to any land clearing to ensure the security and safety of the colony within the preserve. The preserve will not only serve as a relocation site for the colonies but will also serve as a buffer to the existing single-family residential homes to the east. With this, the proposed project would serve as a buffer/transition between the existing single-family to the east and the commercial site to the west. In addition to relocating the cat colonies, providing a roundabout to create a traffic calming device, and a 4.65-acre nature preserve, the applicant is also providing a pedestrian nature trail along the eastern portion of the site. This nature trail will connect SW Darwin Boulevard and SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard by providing a waking path on the eastern property line of the subject site along the nature preserve. This trail will contain points-of-interest that will describe the native plants and wildlife for pedestrians that choose to walk this trail.
Presentation Information: Staff may provide a brief presentation.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the major site plan with the proposed condition as recommended by the Staff.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the major site plan with conditions.
2. Move that the Council not approve the major site plan and provide staff with direction.
Background: The Site Plan Review Committee recommended approval of the site plan on August 23, 2023.
Issues/Analysis: See attached staff report.
Financial Information: N/A.
Special Consideration: N/A.
Location of Project: The property is generally located on the north side of SW Darwin Boulevard, east of SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard.
Attachments:
1. Staff Report,
2. Site Plan,
3. Landscape Plan,
4. Building Elevations,
5. Cat Colony Relocation Plan,
6. Public Works Traffic Memo,
7. 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: N/A.
Legal Sufficiency Review:
N/A