PD2024-00007
Master Planned Development (Updated Proposal)
Pulte-Cornerstone PD
2721 S. Jenkins Road

Request
Per Article V Sections 125-212, and 125-314 of the City Code, the applicant is requesting approval of a Master Planned Development (PD) Zoning District. The application proposes a two-hundred-and-fifty-unit fee simple single-family residential master planned development community with a range of home sizes, a range of designs, and amenities such as a linear park connecting the recreational area to a pocket park providing additional buffer for the new neighborhood from I-95. The linear park leverages a creative use of stormwater facilities by transforming them into bioswales and rain gardens through which a meandering 1/3 mile long walking path winds, with resting stops overlooking the naturalized and lake vistas. At the southwest corner of the property, and the terminus of the linear park, lies a pocket park where a sculptural art installation is proposed. This art installation will be visible to the travelling public on I-95 and is intended to create a beautiful and unique sense of arrival in the City of Fort Pierce while exhibiting the quality of design homebuyers will find in the new Pulte Cornerstone neighborhood. The site is designed with a grid network of streets which have been designed to minimize lots directly adjacent to I-95.
 
History
On November 3, 2008, the City Commission approved a site plan to construct a 383,605 square foot commercial development consisting of eight (8) buildings by the name of Newberry Fields. The anchor tenant for the proposed development was a Target retail store.
 
On December 9, 2024, the Planning Board reviewed and recommended approval of the concurrent application for a Future Land Use Amendment of the subject property. The applicant requested to change the Future Land Use from GC, General Commercial to RM, Medium Density Residential.
 
On August 11, 2025, the Planning Board recommended approval of the proposed Master Planned Development with fourteen (14) conditions. The applicant has since resubmitted recommended amendments to conditions and a new phasing plan with a new bus stop location.

Recommended Conditions of Approval

1. A Final PD shall be required prior to any development activities with the Master Site Plan by HJA Design Studio, Job No. 2024-31, 06.13.2025.

 

2. The minimum Open Space shall be 20% of the Final PD site area.

 

3. The maximum Density shall be 5 dwelling units per acre of the Final PD site area.

 

4. The Final PD plan shall conform to the requirements of the City Code of Ordinances unless alternate standards are approved through the Planned Development Agreement.

 

5. A Gopher Tortoise Survey shall be submitted within ninety (90) days of land clearing.

 

6. After approval of the Final PD Site Plan, a detailed stormwater and drainage plan and statement shall be submitted at the time of Building Permit.

 

7. The Final PD site plan shall be in unified control and property ownership. All land intended to be included in the planned development shall be under the legal control of the applicant.

 

8.  The Final PD site plan shall include a general description of the buildings and streetscapes including standards for height, building coverage, parking areas, and public improvements proposed for the development.

 

9. Prior to approval of the Final PD site plan, the applicant shall submit a proposed declaration of covenants governing the use, maintenance, and continued protection of the common open space or other shared areas within the planned development. The declaration shall bind successors in title to any commitments concerning completion of the project, its maintenance, and operation.

 

10. Phasing of this project will require the following at the time of Final PD:

 
The approximate date when construction of the project can be expected to begin.
 
The number of phases in which the project will be built and the approximate date when construction of each phase can be expected to begin and completed.
 
A general description of the buildings and streetscapes including standards for height, building coverage, parking areas, and public improvements proposed for each phase of the development.
 

11. The Final PD site plan shall contain the following information, at minimum: a. A Landscape and irrigation plan per section 123-4 of the City Ordinance. b. Proposed lot lines and other divisions of land for management, use or allocation purposes. c. The location, size and height of present and proposed buildings and structures. d. The location and size of all areas proposed to be conveyed, dedicated, or reserved for streets, parks, playgrounds, public and semi-public buildings, and similar uses. e. The existing and proposed vehicular circulation system, including off-street parking, and loading areas. f. The pedestrian circulation system, including its interrelationships with the vehicular circulation system, within the development to adjacent streets, showing all curb cuts and sidewalks. g. The existing and proposed utility systems, including sanitary sewers, storm sewers and water, electric and gas lines. h. The proposed buffering treatment of the perimeter of the planned development, refuse stations, storage areas, or loading areas, including materials and techniques used such as screens, fences, and walls.

 

12. A Plat shall be required prior to the application for building permits in respect of vertical construction.

 

13. Contact the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to ensure appropriate noise attenuation measures are implemented to eliminate the potential for traffic noise intrusion into the residential development. Enhancements to minimize interior noise, such as but not limited to double-glazed glass windows, sound absorptive insulation, and door treatments that meet HUD specifications for all units shall be incorporated into the residential units prior to granting a certificate of occupancy.

 

14. The project site is party to an access easement (recorded at ORB 3093, PG 2587) in favor of the owner of the 1.51-acre parcel located 2627 S. Jenkins Road (Parcel ID 2324-800-0001-000-4), immediately adjacent to the north. Prior to approval of a Final Planned Development site plan for any phase contemplated under the Master Development Plan, the applicant will provide staff with a copy of a recorded easement negotiated between the applicant and the adjacent property owner for their mutual benefit, preserving the adjacent owner’s right of access through the project site.

 
Staff Recommendation:
The proposed application meets the standards of the City’s Code Section 125-212, and 125-314. Therefore, Staff recommends that the Planning Board recommend APPROVAL of the site plan subject to the Fourteen (14) Conditions as noted.
 

• Recommend APPROVAL – with Amended/Additional Conditions

OR

• Recommend DISAPPROVAL/DENIAL

Vennis Gilmore, Historic Preservation Officer/Senior Planner

Technical Review Committee