Review and approval with conditions an application for Conditional Use, submitted by Property Owner, Egan Packing LLC, applicant, Indian River Biodiesel, LLC, and representative, Dennis Murphy, of  Culpepper & Terpening, Inc. to operate a Biodiesel fuel manufacturing facility within an existing industrial building located at 1103 N 2nd Street, Fort Pierce, FL.  The property is zoned Light Industrial, I-1, (Parcel ID 2403-705-0006-000-9).

• The applicant is requesting Conditional Use approval to improve and reuse an existing industrial building to operate a biodiesel fuel processing and production facility, within an existing 39,500 square foot building, situated at 1103 North 2nd Street.
• The site is located within the Port Operations area, on the west side of North 2nd Street, known for the former Egan sorting and packing operations.
• The proposed production seeks to process 250,000 gallons per month. The facility anticipates growth up to 40 new employees for this facility.
• All production activities will be conducted within the facility, with production shifts proposed from 7am to 6pm.
• The applicant has presented an extensive landscape plan centered on parameter landscape buffers to screen the site from the US Highway 1 corridor, and enhance the front of the proposed facility.
• A total of 46 notifications of the proposed Conditional Use were mailed to the owners of property located within 500 feet of the subject property.  As of March 10th, 0 responses have been received. An update will be provided to the City Commission at the public hearing.
• The Planning Board considered the application at their March 8th, 2016 meeting, and voted unanimously to recommend approval of the request with staff recommended conditions.

 

Staff recommends approval with the following conditions:

1) The applicant provides a safe and efficient sidewalk linkage between the building entrance and the future 2nd Street sidewalk, when said sidewalk is completed, pursuant to City Code Section 22-62 (d) (2).

2) The property owner provides the necessary right-of-way dedications to facilitate the planned 2nd Street roadway and utility improvements, in the exhibit to the Staff report this is a 7.5 x 155 foot area. 

• Approve with alternative conditions
• Deny the request

Kori Benton, Senior Planner

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