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 directing the County Administrator to publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on February 22, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., in Room 422 of the Governmental Center, 115 South Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida to vacate a portion of the ten-foot utility easement lying within Lots 1 and 7 of Block 5 on Silver Shores Section of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Unit A, as recorded in Plat Book 28, Page 39 of the Public Records of Broward County and located at the southwest corner of Shore Court and Seagrape Drive in the Town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea; Petitioners: 230 Tropical Shores Development, LLC, Karen Levy, Claudio Arena, and Shannon and Lori Schell; Agent: Hunter I. Sundberg, Esq., Mombach, Boyle, Hardin & Simmons, P.A.; Application for Vacation and Abandonment: 2018-V-23. (Commission District 4)
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Why Action is Necessary
Board approval is required to vacate plats, all or in part, pursuant to Chapter 177 of the Florida Statutes and Chapter 5, Article IX of the Broward County Code of Ordinances.
What Action Accomplishes
Directs the County Administrator to publish a Notice of Public Hearing for the abandonment of easements in accordance with Chapter 5, Article IX of the Broward County Code of Ordinances.
Is this Action Goal Related
No
Previous Action Taken
None.
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 a portion of the ten-foot utility easement lying within Lots 1 and 7 of Block 5 on Silver Shores Section of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Unit A, as recorded in Plat Book 28, Page 39 of the Public Records of Broward County and located at the southwest corner of Shore Court and Seagrape Drive in the Town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. Vacating this easement will provide clear and unencumbered title to the property owner.
The Town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea adopted Resolution No. 2018-19 on May 8, 2018 granting approval of the abandonment and vacation of a portion of the ten-foot 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 (Exhibit 1).
Source of Additional Information
Josie P. Sesodia, AICP, Director, Urban Planning Division, 954-357-6602.
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
No fiscal impact.