Placement: First Reading of Ordinances / Public Hearing
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Ordinance 26-36, Public Hearing, Abandoning a Twenty (20) Foot Wide Drainage and Utility Easement Lying in Tract M, Port St. Lucie Section Thirty-Three, According to the Plat thereof, as Recorded in Plat Book 15, Page 1, of the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida.
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Submitted By: Evan Delgado, Public Works
Strategic Plan Link: The City’s Mission to be responsive to our community.
Summary Brief: The owner of Track M, Port St. Lucie Section Thirty-Three located on SW Yamada Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida, is requesting to abandon the existing twenty (20) foot wide Drainage and Utility Easement lying in Tract M, Port St. Lucie Section Thirty-Three, for a site plan application that will propose a sit-down McDonald’s restaurant as part of a major shopping plaza.
Presentation Information: N/A
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the Ordinance abandoning the twenty (20) foot wide Drainage and Utility Easement lying in Tract M, Port St. Lucie Section Thirty-Three, and located at SW Yamada Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the Ordinance abandoning the twenty (20) foot wide Drainage and Utility Easement lying in Tract M, Port St. Lucie Section Thirty-Three, and located at SW Yamada Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
2. Move that the Council not approve the abandonment and provide staff direction.
Background: The real property located on SW Yamada Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida, was platted with a twenty (20) foot wide Drainage and Utility Easement, running along the western and northern property line. The owner desires to abandon the easement to propose and construct a sit-down restaurant within a new shopping plaza. Accordingly, the twenty (20) foot wide Drainage and Utility Easement will need to be abandoned. The owner of the property has submitted a request for the abandonment to the City.
Issues/Analysis: The request to abandon the twenty (20) foot wide Drainage and Utility Easement was evaluated by the Public Works Department, Utility Systems Department, and the Public Utility Companies (AT&T, FPL, Comcast, and Florida City Gas). The City Departments and Utility Companies have no objection to the abandonment of the twenty (20) foot wide Drainage and Utility Easement lying in Tract M, Port St. Lucie Section Thirty-Three, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Financial Information: There will be no cost incurred by the City.
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: Track M, Port St. Lucie Section Thirty-Three, located at SW Yamada Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Attachments:
• Ordinance
• Exhibit “A” to Ordinance (Sketch and Legal Description)
• Location Map
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: 26071-08
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
Reviewed by Margaret M. Carland, Senior Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by Richard Berrios, City Attorney.