City of Coconut Creek - File #: ORD 2019-026

• File #: ORD 2019-026
• Name: Bj's Gas Parkland Vacation of Easement (Water)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/15/2019
• In control: City Commission
• On agenda: 9/12/2019
• Final action: 9/12/2019
• Title: AN ORDINANCE VACATING, RELEASING, AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF A WATER UTILITY EASEMENT FOR THE PROJECT KNOWN AS BJ'S GAS PARKLAND LOCATED AT 5801 WEST HILLSBORO BOULEVARD, PARKLAND, FLORIDA, 33067 WITH SAID EASEMENT VACATION LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED HERETO. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)(SECOND PUBLIC HEARING)
• Indexes: Ordinance, Planning and Zoning, Quasi Judicial, Vacation of Easement
• Related files: ORD 2019-025

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/12/2019	City Commission
8/8/2019	City Commission

AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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AN ORDINANCE VACATING, RELEASING, AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF A WATER UTILITY EASEMENT FOR THE PROJECT KNOWN AS BJ'S GAS PARKLAND LOCATED AT 5801 WEST HILLSBORO BOULEVARD, PARKLAND, FLORIDA, 33067 WITH SAID EASEMENT VACATION LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED HERETO. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)(SECOND PUBLIC HEARING)

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BACKGROUND:

This item was approved on First Reading at the August 8, 2019, City Commission Meeting.

The applicant, Kimley-Horn and Associates, on behalf of New Market-Parkland Outparcel, LLC, is seeking approval for the vacation of a portion of a water utility easement within Tract "F" of the Country's Point Plat, located at 5801 West Hillsboro Boulevard, Parkland, Florida, 33067.

On July 27, 2000, the City of Coconut Creek City Commission accepted a 12-foot water easement from Parcland Associated, Ltd., by Resolution 2000-86, to install a water facility within Tract "F" of the Country's Point Plat.

DISCUSSION:

The City of Coconut Creek provides water within the City's service area through a large user agreement with Broward County.

This service area includes over 12 square miles within the City of Parkland, including the Country's Point Plat. As such, when development was originally proposed for this site, the City accepted the easement as part of the project. Since then, the site has undergone redevelopment and a portion of the easement is no longer needed. The existing utility line that ran through this portion of the easement has been demolished, and a new easement has been proposed to serve the redevelopment. Once approved, the vacation of this easement will ensure no future utility conflicts within the site.

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT:

Per Section 13-36.2, property owners within 500 feet of the subject property were notified by mail of the vacation of easement request and invited to attend the City Commission meeting. Eleven (11) notices were mailed by the City on July 25, 2019. To date, staff has ...