Title
SP2025-0007, Octane Garage, 18490 Johnson Street, site plan amendment. (Cole) (District 4)
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION / BACKGROUND:
Brandon Roth, agent, requests approval to construct a self-storage facility for the purpose of storing collector cars with associated site, signage, circulation, parking and landscape improvements located at 18810 Pines Boulevard.
On April 16, 2025, the City Commission approved the rezoning of the underlying property from B-3 (General Business) to C-1 (Commercial) with amended restrictive covenants (Ordinance 2044). The amended restrictive covenants allow for only self-storage use within the C-1 use list.
The building shall consist of 24 bays. The bays will be sold as a shell, and the bay owners shall be responsible for the permitting and build out. An association between the owners will be formed for the maintenance of the site.
BUILDINGS / STRUCTURES:
The proposed self-storage facility located in the middle of the vacant parcel will be 29’ in height and 39,384 square feet in area. The applicant is proposing the following colors and materials for the building and structures:
• Main Body: SW 7015 (Repose Gray), SW 7006 (Extra White)
• Accent: SW 6092 (Decisive Yellow), SW 7006 (Extra White)
• Awnings: Black Anodized Aluminum
• Dumpster Enclosure: SW 7015 (Repose Gray)
• Dumpster Gates: SW 6092 (Decisive Yellow)
• Masonry Wall: SW 7006 (Extra White)
• Sliding Gates: SW 6092 (Decisive Yellow)
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.
ACCESS / CIRCULATION:
Primary access to the site is provided from Pines Boulevard via a shared access road with the self-storage buildings to the west and north, and the multi-tenant buildings currently under construction to the north. The parcel will include a single ingress/egress point located at the northeast corner of the vacant parcel.
Due to the proposed site configuration, the building is classified as a limited-access structure. Fire Prevention has approved the plan as a limited-access structure and there will be additional requirements upon permitting. The applicant has submitted a letter acknowledging they will be subject to additional fire safety requirements during the permitting process.
PARKING:
Code requires self-storage facility to have 0.5 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of building area; therefore, the proposed use requires 20 parking spaces. 11 of the parking spaces shall be standard spaces and 9 shall be parallel.
LANDSCAPING:
The following landscape is being proposed for this site:
• Installation of 51 trees, 24 palms, 618 shrubs:
o Primary tree species include: Clusia rosea - Pitch Apple, Coccoloba diversifolia - Pigeon Plum, Conocarpus erectus - Green Buttonwood, Quercus virginiana - Southern Live Oak and Swietenia mahagoni - West Indian Mahogany.
o Primary palm species include: Ptychosperma elegans - Double Alexander Palm, Ptychosperma elegans - Alexander Palm and Roystonea regia - Royal Palm
o Primary shrub species include: Chrysobalanus icaco - Red Tip Cocoplum, Clusia guttifera - Small Leaf Clusia, Conocarpus erectus - Green Buttonwood, Conocarpus erectus sericeus - Silver Buttonwood, Pennisetum setaceum - White Fountain Grass, Rondeletia leucophylla - Panama Rose and Schefflera arboricola - Green Arbicola
OTHER SITE FEATURES:
The site shall be illuminated by 12 wall mounted LED fixtures. No additional site lighting is proposed at this time.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approval subject to the satisfaction of Fire Prevention’s and Engineering’s comments at the time of permitting.