Placement: First Reading of Ordinances / Public Hearing
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Ordinance 26-27, Public Hearing, an Ordinance Amending the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Port St. Lucie to Include a Small-Scale Amendment to the Future Land Use Map to Change the Future Land Use Designation of Approximately 8.03 Acres from Residential Golf Course (RGC) to General Commercial (CG) for a Parcel Legally Described as Parcels 1, 2, 3, and 4, Central Park Commercial Plat, as Recorded in Plat Book 135, Pages 39 through 41, Inclusive, of the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida, in the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida, Located at the Northwest Corner of the Intersection of Crosstown Parkway and Verano Parkway (P26-008).
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Submitted By: Daniel Robinson, Planner III
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of Strategic Growth for a Resilient Future.
Executive Summary (General Business): The applicant is requesting a future land use designation of General Commercial for 8.03 acres of the Verano POD G development that has a RGC (Residential Golf Course) land use designation now. The land use change from RGC to CG is necessary because the applicant wishes to provide commercial uses that may be more intensive uses and that are typically found on property zoned CG (retail with drive through service, restaurants, automotive service) as opposed to uses that would support a residential golf course development.
Presentation Information: Staff will provide a short presentation.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the comprehensive plan amendment recommended by the Planning and Zoning Board.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the comprehensive plan amendment.
2. Move that the Council not approve and provide staff direction.
Background: The RGC Land Use is a mixed-use designation that requires a minimum of one 18-hole golf course, allows a maximum density of 5 dwelling units per gross acre, and permits up to ten percent of the land area to have non-residential uses. The non-residential use area may include hotel, conference center, recreational, specific institutional, retail, and office uses. The retail and office uses within RGC Land Use are intended to be designed to accommodate the internal RGC development as low intensity commercial development.
PGA Village (Verano) DRI (P02-322-Resolution 03-R68) was approved by City Council on October 27, 2003. The original DRI has been amended and the regulating DRI resolution is 21-R01.
The Verano DRI contains five separate properties with planned for commercial use (four with RGC land use and one with CG land use designations). The properties add up to 1,725,847 square feet of commercial land.
The DRI entitlements allow for 848,500 Square Feet of retail/service and 100,000 square feet of office space. The Comprehensive Plan permits 40% building coverage for commercial land use areas. 40% is 690,339 square feet of commercial building coverage. This is 258,161 square feet less than the DRI entitlements.
The Planned Unit Development application (P18-162) approved by City Council on March 11, 2019, established the Verano South POD G PUD of 1,181.05 acres which included the 8.03-acre commercial designated area. The fourth amendment of the Verano South POD G PUD (P26-007) is currently under review and proposes commercial uses of greater intensity, which is why the land use change has been proposed.
Issues/Analysis: The type of commercial uses on this property are changing in nature from uses that were to support a residential golf course development, to a commercial plaza that serves the more than just the immediate neighborhood. At buildout the entire DRI will not likely develop all of the commercial entitlements originally granted so the overall land use mix and composition of the DRI is not changing substantially.
Financial Information: N/A
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: The property is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Crosstown Parkway and Verano Parkway.
Business Impact Statement: N/A
Attachments:
Ordinance
Exhibit “A”
Staff Report
Cover Letter
Application
Deed
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: 26041-15
Legal Sufficiency Review:
Reviewed by Russell Ward, Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by Richard Berrios, City Attorney.