Rezoning - Master Plan Development - Prado Place
1038 S. 37th Street - Parcel ID: 2417-213-0001-000-7

Prado Place Master PD
Current Zoning E-3
Proposed Zoning PD (Master)
Current FLU RL
Proposed FLU NO CHANGE
Zoning North R-1 (CITY)
Zoning South U (COUNTY)
Zoning East CN (COUNTY)
Zoning West RS-3 (COUNTY
FLU North RL (CITY)
FLU South RU (COUNTY)
FLU East COM (COUNTY)
FLU West RU (COUNTY)
No previously approved site plan. However, a request for a zoning change to PD was presented to City Commission at the 10/16/2023 meeting. The Commission accepted the withdrawal of the application based on the submittal not meeting the Planned Development regulations in place at that time. This application is submitted in compliance with the new PD application regulations.
Proposal The 5.28-acre is presently vacant and undeveloped and located 2 miles west of the US-1 commercial corridor within the FPUA water/wastewater and natural gas service areas. The project proposes a sixty-unit fee-simple single family residential master planned development community with amenities such as pickleball and basketball courts, toddler playground, dog walking area, bicycle rack, benches, and walkways.
Landscape Note that the final landscape plan will need to incorporate a suitable landscape strip, except where driveways and pedestrian access points are located, or if a building elevation of a project is located directly on a street sidewalk, and meet these requirements:
1.The strip shall be no less than ten feet wide and include at least one tree for every 200 square feet of required landscaped strip and contain a hedge of landscape material which shall be installed and maintained so as to form a six feet or higher, continuous, unbroken, solid, visual screen within one year after installation, except in clear vision areas required by city code. The remainder of the required landscaped strip shall be completely covered with groundcover or grass.
2.A wall, berm with planting, or other durable, non-wood privacy fence may be included as part of the required 6 feet high landscape strip but shall not replace it. As all retention and/or detention areas are normally required to be located at the rear of the property away from public rights-of-way and landscaped with at least a 36-inch hedge around the perimeter, an alternative would be the incorporation of Bioswales or meet other standards which will incorporate significant landscaping and measures to prevent stagnant water.
Tree Mitigation: A Tree Survey and Mitigation Plan will be required at Final PD
Sidewalk: A sidewalk will be required along the frontage of the site with S 37th Street.
Open Space: The project proposes 33.2 % open spcae which is above the minimum 20% required 
Phasing: Not required.
Parking: Confirm parking provision on the Final Site Plan.
Traffic: As the greatest peak hour peak traffic flow anticipated of the proposed project is the 20 AM Exit trips, the project will be considered to be of a “minimal-scale” impact. St. Lucie County Public Works require a A traffic Statement at Final PD.
Engineering: Final Engineering to be approved at the time of Final PD submittal and shall include the following:
1. Provide appropriate dimensional information for all roadways and parking facilities.
2. The submitted drainage statement denotes that the project site was designed for the 10-year-1-day storm. In accordance with the City of Fort Pierce Code of Ordinance Section 119-3(e), stormwater management shall meet design standards for the following:
a. 10-year-lday = 6.00 inches (for minimum roadway/parkway lot elevation)
b. 25-year-3day = 9.50 inches (for off-site discharge & minimum perimeter elevation)
c. 100-year-3day= 12.23 inches (for minimum floor elevation)
3. Provide the sidewalk width for the on-site sidewalks.
4. Relocate the stop bar to be within the property boundaries.
5. Provide the proposed driveway aisle widths for the property's driveway entrance and property drive aisles.
6. Provide off-site sidewalks that run the length of the property along S. 37th Street.
7. South 37th Street is a milled roadway that may be required to be brought up to current St Lucie County (SLC) standards.
Comprehensive Plan:
Density: 12.5 du/acre. The Low-Density Residential Residential FLU allows up to 6.5 units per acre. Policy within the Comprehensive plan allows a 5 unit per acre density bonus to be granted by the City Commission. Therefore, the proposal is within the density permitted by the City's Comprehensive Plan.
Relevant Policies: 1.1.7 Policy: The City will allow a density bonus of 5 dwelling units per acre above the maximum permitted density for
developments located within ¼ mile of a rail station, multimodal transit center, or transit stop.
1.1.9 Policy: The City will allow density bonuses if the developer provides or makes contributions above minimum requirements to facilities that provide a public beneit.
1.2 Objective: The City shall use innovative Land Development Regulations to encourage flexibility in development to support compact, mixed-uses compatible with the local context and character. These regulations shall include transit-oriented development, transfer of development rights, density bonuses, planned unit developments and other mixed land use development provisions, where appropriate.
1.1.7 Policy: The City will allow a density bonus of 5 dwelling units per acre above the maximum permitted density for developments located within ¼ mile of a rail station, multimodal transit center, or transit stop.
1.1.9 Policy: The City will allow density bonuses if the developer provides or makes contributions above minimum requirements to facilities that provide a public benefit.
1.2 Objective: The City shall use innovative Land Development Regulations to encourage flexibility in development to support compact, mixed-uses compatible with the local context and character. These regulations shall include transit-oriented development, transfer of development rights, density bonuses, planned unit developments and other mixed land use development provisions, where appropriate.
2.12.5 Policy: The City shall provide incentives, such as increased allowable densities and reduced parking requirements, to promote mixed-use developments within the City, and especially within the downtown and around the future Amtrak passenger rail station, by requiring a mix of land uses in all non-residential future land use categories and allowing density bonuses for developments located within ¼-mile of a rail station, a multimodal transit center, or a transit stop as identfied in Future Land Use Element Policy 1.1.5.
Design: The proposed architectural design and material finish of the properties meets the architectural design criteria.
Plat: A Final Plat will be required.
Note: Any subsequent submittal of a Final PD Plan application must meet the requirements of Sec. 125-212 Planned Development Zone (PD) and in particular the required Planned Development Plans and Documents as outlined in 125-212 (d)(1) Table (c)(1)

Staff recommend that the proposal be moved to the City Commission with a recommendation of Approval subject to the attached conditions. 

APPROVAL with alternate conditions.

or

DENIAL
 

Kev Freeman, Planning Director.

Technical Review Committee - August 15, 2024.