Variances to Landscape Buffer - Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (FPUA) Parking Lot
2410-701-0072-010-5 and 2410-701-0075-000-3

• In accordance with Article II of Section 125 of the City Code, the applicant is requesting to deviate from City Code 123-37(4)(a) to reduce the requirement of a 10-foot landscape strip/buffer to 6 feet along the northern property line, 4.8 feet along the southern property line, and 6 feet along the eastern property line in the C-3, General Commercial Zone.
• Specifically, the applicant is seeking to construct a new employee parking lot on two (2) parcels of land located along the east side of South 5^th Street, immediately south of the Alto Adams US Federal Courthouse. The new 21-space parking lot will serve to replace an existing parking lot area, located at the intersection of Boston and South 5^th Street, that Fort Pierce Utilities Authority has been using as an employee parking lot for the existing Fort Pierce Utilities Authority Service Center at 206 Boston Avenue.  The existing parking lot is privately owned and leased by the City of Fort Pierce and Fort Pierce Utilities Authority. A small northern portion of the existing leased parking lot was exchanged through a land swap to the City and FPUA to accommodate the proposed parking lot.

Northeast intersection of South 5^th Street and Boston Avenue (2410-701-0072-010-5, 2410-701-0075-000-3)
 

 

Vennis Gilmore, Assistant Planning Director

The recommendation of Staff is to grant approval of the requested three (3) landscape buffer variances to deviate from City Code 123-37(4)(a) to reduce the requirement of a 10-foot landscape strip/buffer to 6 feet along the northern property line, 4.8 feet along the southern property line, and 6 feet along the eastern property line in the C-3, General Commercial Zone with two (2) conditions; based upon the justification presented by the applicant with respect to the criteria for granting a Variance specified in Section 125-100.
 
Conditions
 

1. A Parcel Combination with the St. Lucie County Property Appraiser shall be completed prior to the issuance of any Building Permit.
2. After completion of the Parcel Combination, a General Address Request Form for the newly created Parcel ID shall be submitted to the Planning Department.