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MOTION TO APPROVE THE BAPTIST FSER @ EDISON SITE PLAN FOR HEIGHT AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A PLANNED DISTRICT, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD;GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF SOUTHWEST 145 AVENUE, BETWEEN PEMBROKE ROAD AND PINES BOULEVARD.
QUASI CONSENT AGENDA
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. Dennis Mele, agent for Baptist Health South Florida Inc. has applied to construct a medical office / freestanding Emergency Department building with associated parking, traffic circulation, lighting, signage, and landscaping on a +-4.7-acre parcel within the Edison Pembroke Mixed Use Development (MXD), generally located west of Southwest 145 Avenue, between Pembroke Road and Pines Boulevard.
2. The City Commission approved the original Pembroke Pointe PCD map rezoning and design guidelines on June 6, 2007, via Ordinance 1584. The applicant and landowner at that time (Duke Realty) contemplated the development of four identical class A office buildings on +- 35 acres of property. Only one of the contemplated Duke buildings was built.
3. In 2017, a +- 25-acre portion of the PCD was sold to the TPA group which applied for a modification to the Pembroke Pointe PCD guidelines to accommodate a new office design (AKA: Edison office) in lieu of the three buildings that were not built by Duke Realty. The City Commission approved the PCD update (Ordinance 1893) and Edison office site plan on February 7, 2018. To date, roughly half of the Edison office building/site (north office/parking field) has been completed.
4. The City Commission on March 2, 2021, approved the Edison Residential Land Use Plan Amendment (PH 2021-02 - Ordinance 1985) which revised the underlying land use for the southern +-7.6 acres of the TPA group property from Office to Irregular Residential 46.1 to develop up to 350 multi-family units. The approval included a voluntary affordable housing fund commitment of $500 per unit built t...
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