PZSITE2025-00006
Site Plan
Bev Smith Kia 
5560 S. US Highway 1

A ‘major site plan’ application has been submitted for development and design review. Bev Smith Kia is seeking approval to develop a new car showroom and dealership building.

The property is in the C-3, General Commercial zoning district and has a future land use designation of RL, Low Density Residential.

Staff’s recommendation is Approval of the site plan with the following five (5) conditions:

1.Prior to the issuance of any site clearing and demolition permits; the applicant shall provide a Tree Mitigation Survey and coordinate with the City of Fort Pierce Arborist for the required mitigation of the City's regulated trees proposed to be removed as a result of its site development/construction activity

2.Prior to issuance of final certificate of occupancy, a Landscape Maintenance Agreement shall be approved and shall acknowledge the following:
               a. All approved landscaping shall be installed, irrigated, and maintained in perpetuity in accordance with section 123-7   of the City Code of Ordinances, in order that it continues to present a healthy, neat, and orderly appearance   free of refuse and debris, in conformity with the following requirements:
                   i. Vegetation required by this article shall be replaced with equivalent or better vegetation if it is not living. All trees   for which credit is awarded, and which subsequently die shall be replaced by the same or greater   number of living trees according to the standards established in this article.
                     ii. Maintenance shall include sufficient weeding, watering, fertilizing, pruning, mowing, edging, mulching and other   horticultural practices to ensure that the landscaping continues to maintain a healthy, neat, and orderly   appearance.

3.          NSLRWCD permit will be required for outfall into Canal No. 17

4.          Striping and wheel stops will be required if the Car Inventory Spaces are later converted to public parking

5.       An updated Environmental Assessment Report  is needed prior to DPCR submittal

1. Recommend Approval with additional conditions.

2. Recommend Disapproval.

**Note that issuance of a development permit or development order by the City of Fort Pierce does not create any right on the part of an applicant to obtain a permit from a state or federal agency and does not create any liability on the part of the municipality for issuance of the permit if the applicant fails to obtain requisite approvals or fulfill the obligations imposed by a state or federal agency or undertakes actions that result in a violation of state or federal law.

Kerry C. Driver - Senior Planner

1. Technical Review Committee