File #: ORD 2023-036    Name: Luna Christian Academy Special Land Use
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/13/2023 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 1/11/2024 Final action: 1/11/2024
Title: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SPECIAL LAND USE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY LUNA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, LLC TO OPERATE A PAROCHIAL SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE TO BE LOCATED AT 3720 COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY, AS LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)(SECOND READING)(SECOND PUBLIC HEARING)
Indexes: Ordinance, Planning and Zoning, Public Hearing, Quasi Judicial, Special Land Use Application
Code sections: 13-35 - Special Land Use, Chapter 13 - Land Development Code
Attachments: 1. ORDINANCE 2023-036-Luna Christian Academy Special Land Use, 2. BACKUP-Aerial Photo-Luna Christian Academy Special Land Use, 3. BACKUP-Exhibits-Luna Christian Academy Special Land Use, 4. BACKUP-Community Outreach Summary-Luna Christian Academy, 5. BACKUP-Applicant Presentation-Luna Christian Academy Special Land Use, 6. MINUTES-Draft Excerpt PZ Mtg 2023-1108
AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SPECIAL LAND USE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY LUNA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, LLC TO OPERATE A PAROCHIAL SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE TO BE LOCATED AT 3720 COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY, 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 December 14, 2023, City Commission Meeting.
The applicant, Luna Raphael of Luna Christian Academy, LLC, on behalf of the property owner, Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter, Inc., is seeking Special Land Use approval to operate a parochial school for kindergarten through eighth grade to be located at 3720 Coconut Creek Parkway at the existing Associated Builders and Contractors Plaza (ABC Plaza) in accordance with Section 13-35, "Special Land Use," of the City of Coconut Creek Land Development Code.
In 1986, the Keyes Coconut Creek Investors Plat was recorded in Broward County, which allowed for office and commercial uses. A site plan was subsequently approved, for what was then known as the Wyncreek Professional Center. The site plan included a 19,300 square foot two-story office building fronting on Coconut Creek Parkway, which is the home of the Associated Builders and Contractors and ABC Institute, and a one-story 23,000 square foot commercial retail building, a portion of which Luna Christian Academy is proposing to utilize. On April 13, 2016, the Planning and Zoning Board approved a site plan for the development of a Dunkin Donuts as the third and final phase of the property's development.
DISCUSSION:
The subject property is approximately 4.5 acres and is located at 3720 Coconut Creek Parkway, between Lyons Road and Florida's Turnpike. The property has a B-3, Community Shopping, zoning designation. Pursuant to the City's Land Development Code, Section 13-331(n), "General Provisions," parochial sch...

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