Placement: Public Hearing - Quasi Judicial
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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P25-169 Southern Grove SG-8 Commercial - Landscape Modification
Location: The property is located at the northwest corner of SW Becker Road and SW Village Parkway.
Legal Description: Tradition SG-8, Parcel Home Improvement (Plat Book 132, Page 34)
This is a request to provide enhanced landscaping in lieu of a six (6)-foot-high wall or fence as required per Section 5(F) of the Southern Grove SG-8 Master Planned Unit Development (MPUD).
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Submitted By: Sofia Trail, Planner I, Planning and Zoning Department
Executive Summary: The applicant is requesting to provide enhanced landscaping in lieu of a six (6)-foot-high wall or fence along the northern property line of the home improvement parcel. The Southern Grove SG-8 MPUD requires a six (6)-foot-high wall or fence in a perimeter landscape buffer strip where commercial, industrial, institutional, office, and public facility uses abut the front, side and/or rear of existing or proposed residential development.
Presentation Information: Staff will provide a presentation.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Board review the request and vote to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the landscape modification.
Background: This is the second application the City has received for a landscape modification for the subject property/home improvement parcel. In July 2025, the Planning and Zoning Board found the request for landscaping in lieu of a wall for the northern property boundary to be inconsistent with the landscape modification criteria set forth in Section 142.12 of City Code. At the time of the application, there was no proposed site plan for the northern parcel that abuts the subject property. A major site plan application for a multi-family development (P25-210) has since been submitted for review for Parcel F, and a letter of support for the landscape modification request was submitted by the property owner, Mattamy P...
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