Quasi-Judicial Hearing - Review and approval for an innovative site plan application, submitted by applicant Geza Szini-Sebo, Abandel Group, LTD, allowing bonus density to construct a 30-unit apartment villas. The property is located at 4101 Oleander Avenue, more specifically Parcel ID: 2433-414-0001-000-4.

4101 Oleander Group, LLC is requesting the review and approval of an innovative development Site Plan, allowing bonus density. The proposed 4-story 30-unit apartment villas, Margareta Villas, proposes to offer several community amenities. 

The proposed development is located on a parcel with approximately 2.58 aces. The future land use of the parcel is Medium Density Residential, RM, and the zoning is Medium Density Residential, R-4.

At the April 14, 2025, Planning Board meeting, the board voted unanimously to approve the innovative site plan with the seven (7) conditions:

1. 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

2. An updated Environmental Assessment shall be required
3. The project shall have a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) Gopher Tortoise Permit in place prior to conducting any land clearing operations as the submitted Environmental Assessment indicates that gopher tortoises are present on the site
4. Prior to development, SFWMD should be contacted for an Environmental Resource Permit is required
5. Prior to the issuance of any site clearing 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.
6. A 6-foot sidewalk is required along Oleander Ave.
7. A Site Development Permit is required prior to performing site improvement activities

 

Staff's recommendation is for City Commission to APPROVE the innovative site plan with the seven (7) conditions.

1. Recommend approval with additional/modified conditions
2. Recommend disapproval 

Kerry C. Driver - Senior Planner

1. Technical Review Committee 
2. Planning Board