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LEGISLATIVE MEMORANDUM


TO:


Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM:
THRU: Laurence Bradley, AICP, Growth Management Director
DATE:

12/3/2020
RE:

Resolution 2020-58, granting approval of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Preliminary Development Plan of a single-family residential subdivision to be known as ‘Gardens of Waterstone Phase 1 PUD’, which property is located west of and adjacent to Mara Loma Boulevard, in the vicinity south of Melbourne Tillman Water Control District Canal 38 (44.65 acres) (Case PD-32-2020, Waterstone Farms, LLC) (Quasi-Judicial Proceeding).

Mr. Benjamin E. Jefferies, Waterstone Farms, LLC (Represented by Jake Wise of CEG Engineering Group, LLC and Rochelle Lawandales of Waterstone Development, LLC) has submitted for Preliminary Planned Unit Development approval of a 154-unit residential subdivision to be known as Gardens of Waterstone Phase 1 PUD. This 44.65-acre phase of development is located west of and adjacent to Mara Loma Boulevard SE and south of Melbourne Tillman Water Control District Canal 38.

 

In 2004, the overall development was annexed into the City (Ordinance 2004-35) totaling 1,167 acres, and between 2005 and 2018, a series of 37 future land use map amendments has brought the total amount of entitled units to 2,596. This specific phase of the development will be constructed in one phase and will consist of a gated entrance, a neighborhood park, walking trails, recreation and open space areas, stormwater management ponds, and private roadways. The density proposed for the subject request is 3.44 units per acre.



REQUESTING DEPARTMENT:
Growth Management

RECOMMENDATION:

Motion to approve Case PD-32-2020, subject to the staff comments contained in the staff report and the following items being submitted with a Final PUD application:
A.   A preliminary subdivision plat and a boundary & title opinion;
B. Deed restrictions establishing development standards and minimum dwelling sizes;
C. Specific layout and architectural drawings illustrating the amenities and walking trails;
D. The technical comments generated by the Development Review Staff shall be observed and incorporated into all future subdivision designs.

Planning and Zoning Board Recommendation:
Unanimous approval of the request, subject to the staff comments contained in the staff report.

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Case PD-32-2020
Board Minutes
Resolution 2020-58
Resolution 2020-58, Exhibit A
Resolution 2020-58, Exhibit B