City of Port St.Lucie  
121 SW Port St. Lucie Blvd.  
Port St. Lucie, Florida 34984  
Meeting Agenda  
Tuesday, February 7, 2023  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers, City Hall  
Planning and Zoning Board  
Deborah Beutel, Chair, Term 2 Expires 6/21/25  
Alfreda Wooten, Vice Chair, Term 1 Expires 5/28/23  
Carol Taylor-Moore, Secretary, Term 1 Expires 9/27/25  
Peter Previte, At-Large, Term 1 Expires 7/12/25  
Joseph Piechocki, At-Large, Term 1 Expires 7/12/25  
Roberta Briney, At-Large, Term 1 Expires 7/12/25  
Eric Reikenis, At-Large, Term 1 Expires 11/1/26  
Melody Creese, Alternate, Term 1 Expires 11/1/26  
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1.  
2.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
Meeting Called to Order  
Roll Call  
Determination of a Quorum  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Approval of Minutes  
5.a  
2023-114  
2023-119  
Approval of Minutes - January 3, 2023  
6.  
7.  
Consent Agenda  
Public Hearings - Non Quasi-Judicial  
7.a  
P22-298 Midway Glades Developers, LLC - Comprehensive  
Plan Amendment/Large Scale  
Location: The property is located northwest of Glades Cut off Road and  
south of Midway Road.  
Legal Description: A portion of Tract A, LTC Ranch West Phase 1.  
This is a request to change the future land use designation for 140 acres  
from Residential, Office, Institutional (ROI) to High Density Residential  
(RH).  
7.b  
7.c  
2022-1024  
2023-117  
P22-307 City-Initiated Text Amendment to Chapters 153 -  
Definitions and 158 - Zoning Code (Cat Cafes).  
This is a request to allow cat cafes as a permitted use within the CG  
(General Commercial) and CS (Service Commercial) zoning districts and  
as a special exception use within the IN (Industrial) zoning district.  
P22-356 St. Lucie Lands/Veranda - Comprehensive Plan  
Amendment/Large Scale  
Location: Generally located south of Becker Road, North of the St. Lucie  
County line, east of the Florida Turnpike, and west of Veranda Gardens.  
Legal Description: Parcel 7, Veranda Plat No. 2; all of Veranda Plat No.  
9; portions of Veranda Plat No. 4 - Veranda Gardens West Phase 2; and  
portions of Veranda Plat No. 5 - Veranda Gardens West Phase 3.  
This request is to change the future land use designation from  
Residential, Office and Institutional (ROI) to Residential Golf Course  
(RGC)  
7.d  
2023-118  
P22-357 St. Lucie Lands (VF II, LLC)- Comprehensive Plan  
Amendment/Small Scale  
Location: Generally located south of Becker Road, North of the St. Lucie  
County line, east of the Florida Turnpike, and west of Veranda Gardens.  
Legal Description: Veranda Plat No. 8, Tract 2  
This request is to change the Future Land Use designation for 12.4 acres  
from Residential, Office, Institutional (ROI) to Residential Golf Course  
(RCG).  
7.e  
2023-115  
P23-003 City of Port St. Lucie - Comprehensive Plan  
Amendment/Small Scale  
Location: Southeast of SW Abraham Avenue and SW Port St. Lucie  
Boulevard.  
Legal Description: Port St. Lucie Section 33, Block 2325, Lots 2,3 and 4  
This request is to change the Future Land Use designation of  
Residential, Office and Institutional (ROI) to Low Density Residential  
(RL) for a 0.69-acre parcel.  
8.  
Public Hearing - Quasi-Judicial  
8.a  
2023-112  
P22-006 Wawa - Special Exception Use  
Location: Southwest corner of SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard and SW  
Becker Road  
Legal Description: Port St. Lucie Section 33, Tract L, Less S 262.18 ft  
This is a request for a Special Exception Use (SEU) to allow a  
convenience store and gas station to be located in a General  
Commercial (CG) zoning district and to allow a gas station to be located  
in the Activity Center Subdistrict of the Becker Road Overlay District.  
8.b  
2023-122  
P22-097 Tradition MPUD (Master Planned Unit  
Development) 14th Amendment  
Location: The property is located on the north side of Tradition Parkway  
between SW Fernlake Drive and future N/S A roadway.  
Legal Description: A parcel of land located in Sections 5, 6, 7, and 6,  
Township 37 South, Range 39 East, St. Lucie County, Florida  
This is a request to amend the Tradition MPUD zoning regulation book  
and concept plan for property identified as parcels 17, 17 A, and 18 on  
the Tradition MPUD concept plan.  
8.c  
2023-129  
P22-321 Leonard W. Laforte - Variance  
Location: 1556 SW Abacus Avenue  
Legal Description: Port St. Lucie Section 33, Blk 2202, Lot 19  
This is a request for a variance of 4.82 feet to allow a 5.18-foot setback  
from the side property line for an existing shed.  
8.d  
8.e  
2022-1021  
P22-325 St. Lucie Doctors, LLC - Variance  
Location: Northwest corner of Becker Road and Darwin Boulevard  
Legal Description: Lots 1-3 and 22-24, Block 2358, Port St. Lucie Section  
34  
A request to grant a variance to Section 4.4.3 and Section 4.6.2.1 of the  
Becker Road Overlay District Design Standards to allow for 52% vertical  
windows and a flat roof with no peaked or pitched roof elements.  
2023-130  
P22-332 Set’em Up, LLC - Children’s Volleyball - Special  
Exception Use  
Location: Northwest of the intersection of SE Jennings Rd. and S US  
Highway 1  
Legal Description: Town Centre Parcel D  
This is a request for a Special Exception Use to allow an enclosed  
assembly area over 3,000 square feet for recreational use totaling  
14,326 square feet.  
8.f  
2023-116  
P22-366 Defenthaler and City of Port St. Lucie Rezoning  
Location: Southeast of SW Abraham Avenue and SW Port St. Lucie  
Boulevard  
Legal Description: Port St. Lucie Section 33, Block 2325, Lots 1, 2,3 and  
4
This request is to rezone two adjacent parcels, owned by Donald F.  
Defenthaler and the City of Port St. Lucie, from Limited Mixed Use  
District (LMD) to Single Family Residential (RS-2).  
8.g  
2023-121  
P23-001 Southern Grove - Capstone Cottages - Landscape  
Modification  
Location: The property is located at the southwest corner of the  
intersection of SW Village Parkway and Paar Drive.  
Legal Description: Southern Grove Parcel 28 Replat Tract B  
This is a request to provide landscaping in lieu of an architectural buffer  
wall in a landscape buffer strip pursuant to Section 154.12 of the  
Landscape and Land Clearing Code.  
9.  
New Business  
Old Business  
Public to be Heard  
Adjourn  
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12.  
Notice: No stenographic record by a certified court reporter will be made of the  
foregoing meeting. Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal a decision  
involving the matters noticed herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of  
the testimony and evidence at said meeting upon which any appeal is to be based.  
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