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 March 14, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 422 of the Governmental Center, 115 South Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida to vacate and annul a 20-foot-wide utility easement and portions of a ten-foot-wide utility easement lying within Parcels A and B of Pennell Family Plat, as recorded in Plat Book 160, Page 23 of the Public Records of Broward County, Florida, generally located on the east side of Northeast 1st Avenue between Northeast 5th Street and North Dixie Highway in the City of Deerfield Beach; Petitioners: Deerfield Development Resources LLC; Agent: Joshua Horning, Kimley-Horn; Application for Vacation and Abandonment: 2022-V-07. (Commission District 2)
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Why Action is Necessary
Board approval is required to vacate plats, all or in part, pursuant to 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 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 and annul a 20-foot-wide utility easement and portions of a ten-foot-wide utility easement lying within Parcels A and B of Pennell Family Plat, as recorded in Plat Book 160, Page 23 of the Public Records of Broward County, Florida, 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 adopted Resolution No. 2020/097 on August 4, 2020, granting approval of the abandonment and vacation of a 20-foot-wide utility easement and portions of a ten-foot-wide utility easement lying within Parcels A and B of Pennell Family Plat.
Review of this application by the applicable reviewing agencies indicates that there is no objection to the vacation of the subject utility easements.
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, Urban Planning Division, 954-357-6602.
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
No fiscal impact.