TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy R. Stillings, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: February 5, 2019
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A WAIVER REQUEST TO LDR SECTION 4.3.4(H)(6)(b)(4), SPECIAL LANDSCAPE SETBACKS: ALONG LINTON BOULVARD; FROM A-1-A TO THE WESTERN CITY LIMITS, A SPECIAL LANDSCAPE AREA SHALL BE PROVIDED. THIS LANDSCAPE AREA SHALL BE THE SMALLER DISTANCE OF EITHER 30 FEET OR 10 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE DEPTH OF THE PROPERTY; HOWEVER, IN NO CASE SHALL THE LANDSCAPE AREA BE LESS THAN 10 FEET, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1000, 1220, AND 1350 LINTON BLVD DUE TO AN EMINENT DOMAIN RIGHT-OF-WAY TAKING BY THE FLORIDA DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION. (QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to approve the waiver request to LDR Section 4.3.4(H)(6)(b)(4) special landscape setbacks, to reduce the landscape setback to 12'4" along the northern frontage of the existing McDonalds located at the eastside of Waterford Place, 8'9" and 5'7" along the northeast portion of the property on (parcel 112 of Waterford Place), and to reduce the landscape setback along the northern frontage of Outback and Homegoods located at the westside of Waterford Place, to 8'6" starting at its most western portion of the northern frontage and extending to 14' at its most eastern portion of the northern frontage.
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Background:
The request is for a waiver to reduce the required landscape setbacks along the northern frontage of the existing McDonald’s,the eastern most portion of the property of Waterford Place, Outback, and HomeGoods and to relocate the existing landscaping that will be part of the Linton Blvd right-of-way. The reduction in the special landscape setback is a result of an action of the Florida Dept of Transportation (FDOT) to claim eminent domain to acquire private property to expand the width of the Linton Blvd right-of-way in conjunction with pending construction of a modified I-95 interchange. The applicant has electe...
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