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 portions of a ten-foot-wide utility easement lying within the westernmost and southernmost portions of Parcel A of the Springs-McKenzie Plat, as recorded in Plat Book 165, Page 7 of the Public Records of Broward County, Florida, located approximately 640 feet north of the northwest corner of Sawgrass Boulevard and Lyons Road in the City of Coconut Creek; Petitioners: FR Lyons Road, LLC and First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.; Agent: Frank Whitaker, Greenspoon Marder LLP; Application for Vacation and Abandonment: 2022-V-05. (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 portions of a ten-foot-wide utility easement lying within the westernmost and southernmost portions of Parcel A of the Springs-McKenzie Plat, as recorded in Plat Book 165, Page 7 of the Public Records of Broward County, Florida, located approximately 640 feet north of the northwest corner of Sawgrass Boulevard and Lyons Road in the City of Coconut Creek. Vacating these portions of the easement will provide clear and unencumbered title to the property owner.
The City of Coconut Creek adopted Ordinance No. 2019-018 on August 8, 2019, and Resolution No. 2022-004 on January 13, 2022, granting approval of the abandonment and vacation of the portions of a ten-foot-wide utility easement lying within the westernmost and southernmost portions of Parcel A of the Springs-McKenzie Plat.
Review of this application by the applicable reviewing agencies indicates that there is no objection to the vacation of the subject portions of a ten-foot-wide utility 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, Urban Planning Division, 954-357-6602.
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
No fiscal impact.