AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SPECIAL LAND USE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY GREEN DRAGON FLORIDA, LLC TO PERMIT A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 6706 NORTH STATE ROAD 7/U.S. 441, AS LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)(SECOND READING)(SECOND PUBLIC HEARING)
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BACKGROUND:
This item was approved on First Reading at the October 26, 2023, City Commission Meeting. The City Commission added two (2) conditions of approval, which have been added to the ordinance:
1. Limit the building signage to the text "Green Dragon;" and
2. Require an automated, ADA-accessible door opening system at the customer entrance.
The applicant, Eric Sevell of Green Dragon Florida, LLC, on behalf of the property owner, Coconut Creek CP, LLC, is seeking Special Land Use approval to permit a medical marijuana dispensary to be located at 6706 North State Road 7 (U.S. 441) within the Colonial Plaza, generally located at the northeast corner of Johnson Road and State Road 7 (U.S. 441), in accordance with Section 13-35, "Special Land Use," of the City of Coconut Creek Land Development Code.
On July 24, 1985, the original Colonial Plaza site plan was approved by the Planning and Zoning Board, which included two (2) structures: 1) a principal structure of 10,500 square feet, and 2) a second free-standing building of 2,676 square feet. A subsequent site plan approval in 1986 amended the original site plan to increase the smaller free-standing building (the subject of this application) to 3,112 square feet, as it currently sits to date. Two (2) additional site plan applications approved an Amoco Gas Station with a 7-11 convenience store and a TD Bank in 1987 and 2009, respectively.
DISCUSSION:
As part of a larger renovation project, the current property owner, Michael Saba, Coconut Creek CP, LLC, has updated the principal building, including fa?ade renovations, painting, and parking lot restorati...
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