Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Leonard Vialpando
Department: Environmental Protection Division: Planning & Development Management
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-332 to vacate a portion of a 12-foot utility easement lying within Tract GB-1 of Springs-McKenzie Plat, as recorded in Plat Book 165, Page 7 of the Public Records of Broward County, Florida, located at 6401 Lyons Road in the City of Coconut Creek; Petitioners: FR Lyons Road LLC a Delaware LLC, c/o First Industrial Realty Trust Inc., and Food for the Poor, Inc.; Agent: Greenspoon Marder, LLP.; Application for Vacation and Abandonment: 2021-V-01. (Commission District 2).
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Why Action is Necessary
Board approval is required to vacate plats, easements and rights-of-way pursuant to Chapter 5, Article IX of the Broward County Code of Ordinances.
What Action Accomplishes
Provides the property owner with clear unencumbered title to the lands in the areas affected by this vacation.
Is this Action Goal Related
No
Previous Action Taken
At its meeting on May 18, 2021 (Agenda Item No. 9), the Board directed the County Administrator to publish notice of this public hearing.
Summary Explanation/Background
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
The Planning and Development Management Division has received a request to vacate a portion of a 12-foot utility easement lying within Tract GB-1 of Springs-McKenzie Plat, as recorded in Plat Book 165, Page 7 of the Public Records of Broward County, located at 6301 Lyons Road in the City of Coconut Creek.
Vacating this easement will provide clear and unencumbered title to the property owner. The City of Coconut Creek adopted Ordinance No. 2020-036 on December 3, 2020 granting approval of the abandonment and vacation of the utility easement. Review of this application by the applicable reviewing agencies indicates that there is no objection to the abandonment and vacation of the subject easement.
This vacation application has been reviewed and approved as to form by the Office of the County Attorney, see Exhibit 1.
Source of Additional Information
Josie P. Sesodia, AICP, Director, Planning and Development Management Division 954-357-6602.
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
No fiscal impact.