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PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
Meeting Date: NOVEMBER 20, 2024
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COUNTY ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LANDS MAP AMENDMENT
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Request: Land Use Plan Amendment (LUPA) for Environmentally Sensitive Lands Map
P&Z# 24-92000002
Owner: City of Pompano Beach
Project Location: 1670 & 1502 NE 5 AV
Folio Number: 484225000010 & 484225000060
Land Use Designation: OR (Recreation Open Space)
Zoning District: PR (Parks and Recreation)
Commission District: 2 (Rhonda Sigerson-Eaton)
Agent: Steve Rocco (954-786-4135 / steve.rocco@copbfl.com)
Project Planner: Jean Dolan (954-786-4671 / jean.dolan@copbfl.com)
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A. Request
The City is the Applicant to amend the County's Environmentally Sensitive Lands (ESL) Map to remove the wooded areas on the Airpark airfield. The process for amending this plan is similar to a Land Use Plan Amendment because the ESL Map is adopted within both the Broward County and the City's Comprehensive Plans.
B. Applicant's Rationale for the Proposed Amendment
The dominant reason to remove these wooded areas from the ESL Map is that wildlife habitat and large stands of trees are incompatible with aviation operations and pose a safety hazard.
The secondary reason to remove these areas is because they have not been and will not be maintained in a condition that would make them eligible for preservation according to the County's criteria for a Local Area of Particular Concern (LAPC) designation. A Natural Resources Assessment (NRA) was completed in June 2023, which included field reconnaissance. This site assessment delineated the project site as sand pine with scrub species also present. This vegetative community, however, is not being maintained (lack of fire) and there was a relatively high percentage of exotic vegetation present (Brazilian pepper, earleaf acacia, etc.). Based on the exotic invasion present, especially within the two areas located west of Runway 15-33, these areas would likely not qualify as a Local Area of P...
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