Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve a Major Site Plan for Shoppes at the Heart in Southern Grove (P21-239)
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Submitted By: Bridget Kean, AICP, Senior Planner
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Executive Summary (General Business): Mattamy Palm Beach, LLC, owner, has submitted an application for site plan approval for a commercial shopping center to be located adjacent to the proposed Heart in the Park Sculpture and public plaza at SW Discovery Way and SW Village Parkway (P22-109). The property is under contract and will be developed by JDR Development, LLC. Total square footage is 65,381 square feet and will include a 20,831 square foot grocery, a 29,500 square foot retail building adjacent to the grocery, a 5,800 square foot restaurant with 2,150 square feet of outdoor seating adjacent to the Heart in the Park Sculpture and a 9,250 retail/restaurant building with 2,350 square feet of outdoor seating also adjacent to the Heart in the Park Sculpture. The development program provides parking and vehicular access for the Shoppes at the Heart shopping center and the adjacent Heart in the Park sculpture.
Presentation Information: Staff may provide a short presentation.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the major site plan with the following conditions:
1. The proposed shared parking and access agreement between the owner of the Shoppes at the Heart Parcel and the owner of the Heart in the Park Parcel be updated to include the two handicapped parking spaces circled in red on the Shoppes at the Heart site plan in the parking spaces designated for use by visitors to the Heart in the Park site in the proposed agreement.
2. The proposed shared parking agreement between the owner of the Shoppes at the Heart Parcel and the owner of the Heart in the Park Parcel be finalized (including all exhibits), approved by the City, and recorded prior to the issuance of the first building permit.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the major site plan with the conditions noted above.
2. Move that the Council not approve the project and provide staff direction.
Background: The Site Plan Review Committee recommended approval of the proposed site plan at the October 27, 2021 Site Plan Review Committee meeting.
Issues/Analysis: The submittal packet includes a draft shared parking and access agreement between the proposed owner of the Shoppes at the Heart parcel (JDR Development, LLC, contract purchaser), and the owner of the Heart in the Park Parcel (Mattamy Palm Beach, LLC). The shared parking and access agreement designates ten parking spaces for the Heart in the Park site plan. In addition, the Shoppes at the Heart site plan depicts (in red) the two handicapped parking spaces that are designated for use by visitors to the Heart in the Park site. The draft shared parking and access agreement will be updated to include two handicapped spaces and ten standard spaces for use by visitors to the Heart in the Park site. The site plan also depicts the location for proposed easements inside the north and east property lines to accommodate Tradition Trail and the TIM autonomous vehicle shuttle that will run along SW Discovery Way and SW Village Parkway. These easements will be dedicated to the Southern Grove CDD.
Financial Information: N/A
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: The property is located on the south side of SW Discovery Way between SW Community Boulevard and SW Village Parkway.
Attachments:
1. Staff Report
2. Site Plan
3. Preliminary Landscape Plan
4. Building Elevation Drawings
5. Application
6. Warranty Deed
7. Public Works Traffic Memo
8. Traffic Analysis Report
9. Draft Parking and Access Agreement
10. 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: 8073
Legal Sufficiency Review:
Reviewed by Frank Moehrle, Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by James D. Stokes, City Attorney.