Placement: New Business
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Site Plan Amendment for CGI St. Lucie Tower (P19-031)
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Submitted By: Bridget Kean, AICP, Senior Planner
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Executive Summary (General Business): An application for approval of a site plan amendment for the construction of a wireless communications tower with a maximum height of 150 feet. The subject property is the maintenance facility for the St. Lucie Trail Golf Course. CGI St. Lucie, LLC, owner, proposes to lease a 25 foot by 80 foot (2,000 S.F.) rectangular area on the east side of the property to RG Towers, LLC, for a monopole wireless communication tower with a maximum height of 150 feet.
Presentation Information: Staff may provide a short presentation.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the site plan amendment as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Board with the following conditions:
1. A resolution providing for a special exception use for a wireless communications tower is adopted by the City Council.
2. A revised landscape plan shall be provided to restore the perimeter landscaping for the maintenance facility.
3. A twenty (20) foot wide stabilized gravel driveway shall be provided from SW Utility Drive to the paved entrance into the maintenance facility as depicted on the proposed site plan amendment.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the site plan amendment.
2. Move that the Council not approve the site plan amendment and provide staff with direction.
Background: The Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval of the site plan amendment by unanimous vote of the Board at the October 1, 2019 Planning and Zoning Board meeting. The Site Plan Review Committee recommended approval of the site plan amendment at their meeting of June 26, 2019.
There is an associated application for a special exception use t...
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