Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Leonard Vialpando
Department: Resilient Environment Division: Urban Planning Division
Information
Requested Action
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MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution to vacate, annul, and abandon a 30-foot-wide right-of-way easement lying within lots 1 through 12 of the Cosden & Bracknell Addition to Deerfield as recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 9, of the Official Records of Palm Beach County, Florida. The request further seeks to release the following interests within the same plat as recorded in the Official Records of Broward County, Florida: (i) a 15-foot-wide utility easement lying within lot 13 (Official Records Book 5631, Page 855), (ii) a 15-foot-wide utility easement lying within lots 1 through 3 (Official Records Book 5631, Page 857), (iii) a five-foot-wide utility easement lying within lot 11 (Official Records Book 7255, Page 70), (iv) a 15-foot-wide utility easement lying within lot 10 (Official Records Book 7255, Page 71), (v) a 20-foot-wide utility easement lying within lot 6 (Official Records Book 7255, Page 73), and (vi) a 20-foot-wide utility easement lying within lots 3 through 5 and lots 7 through 10 (Official Records Book 7255, Page 72). All said interests are generally located on the east side of Northeast 1st Avenue between Northeast 5th Street and North Dixie Highway, in the City of Deerfield Beach, Florida; Petitioners: Deerfield Development Resources, LLC; Agent: Joshua Horning, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc; Application for Vacation and Release: 2025-V-04. (Commission District 2)
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Why Action is Necessary
Board approval is required for vacating plats, all or in part, pursuant to Chapter 5, Article IX of the Broward County Code of Ordinances and the abandoning roads and releasing easements, all or in part, pursuant to Section 27.68 and Section 27.69 of the Broward County Administrative Code.
What Action Accomplishes
Provides the property owner with clear unencumbered title to the lands in the areas affected by this vacation.
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Previous Action Taken
None taken.
Summary Explanation/Background
THE RESILIENT ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE URBAN PLANNING DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
The Urban Planning Division has received a request to vacate, annul, and abandon a 30-foot-wide right-of-way easement lying within lots 1 through 12 of the Cosden & Bracknell Addition to Deerfield as recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 9, of the Official Records of Palm Beach County, Florida. The request further seeks to release the following interests within the same plat as recorded in the Official Records of Broward County, Florida: (i) a 15-foot-wide utility easement lying within lot 13 (Official Records Book 5631, Page 855), (ii) a 15-foot-wide utility easement lying within lots 1 through 3 (Official Records Book 5631, Page 857), (iii) a five-foot-wide utility easement lying within lot 11 (Official Records Book 7255, Page 70), (iv) a 15-foot-wide utility easement lying within lot 10 (Official Records Book 7255, Page 71), (v) a 20-foot-wide utility easement lying within lot 6 (Official Records Book 7255, Page 73), and (vi) a 20-foot-wide utility easement lying within lots 3 through 5 and lots 7 through 10 (Official Records Book 7255, Page 72). All said interests are generally located on the east side of Northeast 1st Avenue between Northeast 5th Street and North Dixie Highway, in the City of Deerfield Beach. Vacating these easements will provide clear and unencumbered title to the property owner.
The City of Deerfield Beach passed Ordinance No. 2024/005 on April 2, 2024, granting approval of the vacation. Review of this application by the applicable reviewing agencies indicates that there is no objection to the vacation of the subject right-of-way and easements.
This vacation application has been reviewed and approved as to form by the Office of the County Attorney (Exhibit 1). This vacation application has been publicly noticed ten days prior to the hearing date and will be noticed ten days after the hearing date, in a newspaper of general circulation in Broward County, pursuant to Section 125.66, F.S. and Section 336.10, F.S., as applicable.
Source of Additional Information
Darby Delsalle, AICP, Director, Urban Planning Division, 954-357-9792.
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
No fiscal impact.