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SP2025-0004, Culver’s at Village of Mayfair, 1580 S Hiatus Road, site plan application. (Cole) (District 1)
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION / BACKGROUND:
Michelle Diaz-Mendez, agent, requests approval to construct a free-standing drive-thru restaurant (Culver’s) with associated site, signage, circulation, parking and landscape improvements within the Village of Mayfair shopping center located 1580 South Hiatus Road.
The City Commission approved the base site plan for the shopping center (SP 2006-53) at its April 18, 2007 meeting. Modifications to the site plan were made in 2007, 2008 and 2010, 2014 and 2015 (SP2015-01). The Wawa gas station was approved in 2017 through SP2017-03. Only a portion of the approved commercial shopping center and the Wawa gas station were constructed, leaving two vacant remaining parcels. The vacant parcel north of Wawa was once contemplated for a bank use but was never constructed. For the vacant parcel to the west of the Wawa the applicant is proposing Culver’s and a self-storage facility. A site plan application for a self-storage facility will be heard by the Planning and Zoning Board at a later date.
The City Commission has approved the following relevant applications for the property:
• February 15, 2006 rezoning of the underlying property from R-6 (Hotel) to B-2 (General Business) with associated commercial flexibility conversion (Ordinance 1537). That rezoning approval included a restrictive covenant which restricted certain B-2 uses on the property.
• March 18, 2009, amended to the restrictive covenants (Ordinance 1636) to allow daycare facilities over 5,000 square feet within the list of approved uses.
• May 17, 2017 rezoning of the underlying property from B-2 (Community Business) to B-3 (General Business) with amended restrictive covenants (Ordinance 1878). The amended restrictive covenants allow for:
o Only gasoline station use within the B-3 use list
o B-2 (Community Business District) restricted uses.
• April 16, 2025 rezoning of the underlying property from B-3 (General Business) to C-1 (Commercial) with amended restrictive covenants (Ordinance 2043)
o The amended restrictive covenants allow for:
§ Only self-storage use within the C-1 use list.
§ 65’ maximum height for self-storage buildings
BUILDINGS / STRUCTURES:
The proposed drive-thru restaurant (Culver’s) will be 23’-6” in height and 4,285 square feet in area located west of the Wawa site in the existing parking field. The applicant is proposing the following colors and materials for the building and structures:
• Main Body: Cement Siding (Estate Gray)
• Accent: Fiber Cement Trim (Arctic White)
• Roof Edge: Regal Blue Metal
• Stone Accent: MFGR’D Stone (Echo Ridge Boral)
• Awnings: RAL 5005 (Signal Blue)
• Dumpster Enclosure and Gates: Cement Siding (Estate Gray), MFGR’D Stone (Echo Ridge Boral)
• Order Podium: Cement Siding (Estate Gray), MFGR’D Stone (Echo Ridge Boral), Regal Blue Metal
The applicant is also proposing a 500 square foot outdoor dining area to the south of the building. Five tables with associated chairs are proposed for the area. The area will be enclosed on three sides with a +/- 19” stone knee wall.
SIGNAGE:
The wall signage for the site is regulated through uniform sign plan for the shopping center and will be reviewed and approved through the building permit process. Any wall signage shown is for illustrative purposes only.
The applicant is proposing the following signage for the site.
• One, +/- 1.5 square foot internally illuminate directional sign located to the west of the drive-thru exit reading, “Thank You” on the south side and “Please Do Not Enter” on the north side in white copy.
• One, +/- 12 square foot menu board attached to the order podium in the northern drive-thru lane.
At this time, no menu board is proposed for the southern drive-thru lane. A variance and sign package will be submitted at a later date for Planning and Zoning Board review.
ACCESS / CIRCULATION:
Access to the shopping center shall remain through the existing four access points, two along Hiatus Road and two along Pembroke Road. The southern most access point along Hiatus Road and eastern most access point along Pembroke Road is ingress only. Internal driveways remain for circulation throughout the shopping center.
The proposed restaurant shall have dual drive-thru lanes situated along the north and west elevations of the building. An additional third lane, positioned beyond the ordering point, will be designated exclusively for mobile order pickups. A minimum of five inbound stacking spaces is typically required; however, at its May 8, 2025 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Board approved Zoning Variance ZV2025-0007, permitting a reduced inbound stack of four spaces. 2 outbound stacking spaces are required, 4 are provided.
PARKING:
Code requires restaurants to have 10 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of building area and outdoor dining to have 15 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of area; therefore, the proposed use requires 51 parking spaces. Based current and proposed uses within the shopping center 246 parking spaces are required and 257 parking spaces are proposed.
Additionally, one bicycle rack is proposed adjacent to the southeast corner of the building.
LANDSCAPING:
The following landscape is being proposed for Culvers site:
• Installation of 42 trees, 29 palms, 648 shrubs, and 1051 ground covers.
o Primary tree species include: Cordia sebestena - Orange geiger, Quercus virginiana - Live oak, Pinus elliottii densa- Slash pine, Myrcianthes fragrans - Simpson stopper, and Tabebuia aurea - Yellow trumpet.
o Primary palm species include: Ptychosperma elegans - Alexander palm and Thrinax radiata - Florida Thatch palm.
o Primary shrub species are: Chrysobalanus icaco 'Red tip' - Red tip cocoplum, Clusia guttifera - Small leaf clusia, Clusia rosea 'nana' - Dwarf pitch apple, Psychotria ligustrifolia ' Nana' - Dwarf wild coffee, Plumbago auriculata - Leadwort, Hamelia patens 'compacta' - Firebush, and Casasia clusiifolia - Seven year apple.
o Primary groundcover species are: Juniperus chinensis 'Parsonii' - Chinese juniper, Hymenocallis latifolia - Spider lily, Dianella tasmanica 'Blueberry' - Blueberry flax lily, and Liriope muscari - Lilyturf.
o Additionally, three (3) Quercus virginiana (Live oak), one (1) Tabebuia aurea, and three (3) Thrinax radiata - Florida Thatch palms are being protected and retained on site.
OTHER SITE FEATURES:
The site shall be illuminated by LED fixtures mounted on 6, 25’ tall concrete poles. Additionally, the building will feature full cutoff accent down lighting and black wall sconces.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff has reviewed the proposed changes and finds that the proposal meets code requirements. Staff therefore recommends approval of this application.