City of Coconut Creek - File #: ORD 2014-140

• File #: ORD 2014-140
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/19/2014
• In control: City Commission
• On agenda: 7/23/2015
• Final action: 7/23/2015
• Title: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE PLAN OF THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMENDING THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF A PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN TRACT 41 BLOCK 83 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF PALM BEACH FARMS PLAT NO. 3 AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 45 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, FROM EST 1.0 (RESIDENTIAL ESTATE 1 DU/AC) TO LOW 5.0 (RESIDENTIAL 5 DU/AC). (SECOND READING)(QUASI-JUDICIAL)(PUBLIC HEARING)
• Indexes: Land Use, Ordinance, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Waldman
• Related files: RES 2014-236, 15-131, 15-099

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/23/2015	City Commission	adopted	Pass
12/22/2014	City Commission	approved on first reading	Pass

AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE PLAN OF THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMENDING THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF A PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN TRACT 41 BLOCK 83 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF PALM BEACH FARMS PLAT NO. 3 AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 45 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, FROM EST 1.0 (RESIDENTIAL ESTATE 1 DU/AC) TO LOW 5.0 (RESIDENTIAL 5 DU/AC). (SECOND READING)(QUASI-JUDICIAL)(PUBLIC HEARING)

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BACKGROUND:
Ordinance No. 2014-140 was passed on first reading on December 11, 2014. As a small scale amendment, upon adoption the amendment will be transmitted to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity for their records. There is no review and comment period at the state level for small scale amendments.
The applicant, James W. Waldman, is requesting approval of a land use plan amendment to the City of Coconut Creek Future Land Use Plan Map, for a 4+ gross acre site located at 4000 NW 74th Street. The request is to amend the land use designation from Estate 1.0, Residential Estate 1 DU/Ac to Low 5.0, Residential 5 DU/Ac.
Currently, the 4+ acre site has an Estate 1.0 DU/Ac Land Use Designation which would permit up to a maximum of four (4) dwelling units. The applicant is requesting a land use change to Low 5.0, Residential 5 DU/Ac, which would allow up to five (5) units per acre resulting in a proposed maximum of 20 units. Surrounding the site on the west, north and east is a mix of vacant residential parcels and estate homes both within the City's Municipal Boundary and in unincorporated Broward County. Immediately to the south, is the existing Crescent Creek Residential Development which has an existing land use designation of Low 5.5 DU/Ac.
Although staff has maintained concerns related to the compatibly with other properties in the neighborhood if the proposed development were to follow typical single family development patterns, the applicant has vo...