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PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
Meeting Date: JULY 27, 2022
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COLOR FACTORY PLAT
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Request: Plat
P&Z# 21-14000022
Owner: Color Factory, Inc.
Project Location: 1621 N Dixie Highway
Folio Number: Multiple Folios
Land Use Designation: Industrial / Commercial
Zoning District: I-1 (General Industrial) / B-3 (General Business)
Commission District: 4 (Beverly Perkins)
Agent: Paola West (954-529-9417)
Project Planner: Maggie Barszewski (954-786-7921 / maggie.barszewski@copbfl.com)
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Summary:
A. Plat Background
A plat is a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. It can delineate blocks, streets, alleys and easements. Further refinement often splits blocks into individual lots, usually for the purpose of selling the described lots, this has become known as subdivision. The statutory definition of subdivision according to Chapter 177.031(18), F.S. is “the division of land into three or more lots, parcels, tracts, tiers, blocks, sites, units, or any other division of land; and includes establishment of new streets and alleys, additions, and re-subdivisions.” Upon the filing of a plat, legal descriptions can then refer to block and lot-numbers rather than portions of sections. In order for plats to become legally valid, a local governing body must review and approve them.
In Broward County, such legal authority is bestowed upon the Broward County Commission as stipulated within Article 7 of the Broward County Administrative Rules Document. Section 7.2 - ‘Countywide Platting Authority’ states that “No plat of lands lying within Broward County, either in the incorporated or unincorporated areas, may be recorded in the Official Records prior to approval by the County Commission.” Section 7.4 provides for the input of each local government within Broward County, whereby a plat application must first be approved by the local jurisdiction before final approval with the County Commission. That section states that “local Jurisdictions shall require platting at least in those circumstances where the Broward County Land Use Plan requires platting.”
B. Request
The agent, Paola West of PlanWest, LLC, representing the owner of the property, Color Factory, Inc., is requesting approval of the Color Factory Plat for the property addressed as 1621 N. Dixie Highway and located at the northwest corner of NW 16th Street and Dixie Highway. The Plat restricts the property to a maximum of 8,000 square feet of office use on Parcel A (Zoned B-3) and 35,000 of industrial use on Parcel B (Zoned I-1). There is a Parcel “RW” sectioned off for the purpose of dedicating 5 feet of right-of-way for NW 16th Street. The 1.68-acre site is currently undeveloped. The Applicant intends to construct a 10,800-square foot office building on the northern parcel and a 24,937-square foot warehouse building on the southern parcel. A conceptual site plan has been provided along with this Plat submittal.
C. Section 155.2410. PLAT - A. Purpose
The purpose of this section is to provide a review procedure to conform to the Broward County Land Use Plan's platting requirement and to ensure subdivisions of land within the city:
1. Provide for the orderly growth and development of the city;
2. Coordinate proposed streets with existing and planned streets in the city's street system, and with other public facilities;
3. Provide rights-of-way for streets and utility easements;
4. Avoid congestion and overcrowding of streets;
5. Ensure there is adequate access to development;
6. Ensure there are adequate utility facilities to serve development;
7. Ensure there is adequate open space and recreation facilities to serve development; and
8. Ensure there is proper recordation of land ownership or property owner association records, where applicable.
D. Plat Review Standards
An application for a Plat shall be approved only on a finding that the proposed subdivision or development on the lots proposed to be platted meets all of the following standards:
1. The development complies with the applicable standards in Part 7 (Lots) of Article 5: Development Standards;
2. The development complies with all other applicable standards in this Code;
3. The development complies with all requirements or conditions of any applicable development orders (e.g., Planned Development);
4. Any land within the platted lot(s) that is necessary to comply with the Broward County Trafficways Plan has been conveyed to public by deed or grant of easement;
5. The development complies with any applicable hazardous material licensing requirements in the Broward County Wellfield Protection Ordinance; and
6. All facilities for the distribution of electricity, telephone, cable television, and similar utilities, shall be placed underground.
E. Staff Analysis
The subject property was originally 5 separate parcels and is now being platted as two (in addition to the right-of-way parcel). The northern Parcel A has a Commercial (C) Land Use designation and the southern Parcel B has an Industrial (I) Land Use designation. Parcel A shares its western boundary with an RS-2 single Family Zoning District, and therefore the conceptual Site Plan must indicate a Type C Landscape Buffer (this will be a suggested condition of approval). The proposed Plat was reviewed by the DRC on December 15, 2021, and found to be in compliance with the City’s Land Development Regulations. The Broward County Development Review Report (DRR) recommendations have been addressed on the Plat. Furthermore, all applicable Development Standards in Part 7 of Article 5 have been met.
The City has utility capacity to serve the project and private utility providers will be made aware of the plat through the County Plat review and approval process.
Staff Conditions:
Development Services staff recommends approval of this Plat with the following conditions to be satisfied prior to the City Commission hearing:
1. The plat cover page must be signed and sealed by the surveyor and signed by all owners.
2. Must submit a Title Certification addressed to the City, but can include the County and must be less than 6 months old.
3. The conceptual plan should reflect a Type C incompatibility buffer adjacent to all residential uses.