Major Amendment to a Planned Development Site Plan -  Gator Trace Planned Development - 2435-311-0001-000-4, 2435-243-0001-000-6

 

• Request for review of application for a Major Site Plan Amendment to an existing Planned Unit Development, together with a Design Review of two (2) parcels within the Gator Trace Planned Development.
• The subject property has a Future Land Use designation of Medium Density Residential (RM) and a Zoning designation of Planned Unit Development Zone (PD).
• The applicant is requesting to increase the number of allowed units on the two (2) subject parcels from 67 Units to 83 units (identified as Phase I within the existing Gator Trace PUD Site Plan.
• The subject parcels total approximately 6.94 acres.

The Planning Board should be aware that a letter of objection to this proposal was received by the Planning Department on July 7th, 2023. The letter is attached.
 
It is not the intent of this application to 'redistribute' the existing allocations of residential units from one part of the Gator Trace Planned Unit Development to another, the site area of the subject property is 6.94 Acres, the property has a Future Land Use of Residential Medium Density which under GOP Table 1-1 of the City's Comprehensive Plan permits a maximum density of up to 12 du/ac, this provides a maximum allocation of 83 du if apportioned to the area of the subject property alone. If a calculation of 'gross area' is applied to the whole PD then the density would be less. The same calculation of residential units may be applied to other parcels within the PD, with the amendment of the PD, which could potentially increase the residential unit count on those parcels subject to future approvals.

Phases I and II of the Gator Trace development are subject to a development agreement dated March 26, 2007, (attached as part of the letter of objection), of which all parties, including the City, are aware. The condition 15 (ii) of the development agreement may limit construction access and this requirement will need to be resolved by all parties prior to construction activities occurring on site.

EXTRACT FROM DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
15. Consideration and Conditions.
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(ii) South Market Street will serve as the sole construction entrance for Phase I and Phase II of the project;



 

Staff recommends Approval of the request with two (2) Conditions:
 

1.  A completion certification by a landscape architect, cost estimate, and landscape bond pursuant to City Code 123-6 shall be required before the Final Certificate of Occupancy is approved for the site.

 

2.  Prior to the issuance of any site clearing permits, the applicant shall provide a Tree Mitigation Survey and coordinate with the City of Ft. Pierce Arborist for the required mitigation of the City regulated trees proposed to be removed as a result of this site’s development/construction activity.

•Recommend APPROVAL of the proposed SITE PLAN.
•Staff recommends approval of the request with two (2) conditions.

 

•Recommend APPROVAL of the proposed SITE PLAN with changes.

 

•Recommend DISAPPROVAL of the proposed SITE PLAN.

Vennis Gilmore, Assistant Planning Director

Technical Review Committee