Request to continue item to a date certain of December 10, 2018. The Local Planning Agency unanimously recommended approval for the MarketPlace of Stuart Major Amendment to the CPUD with conditions including looking into saving a specimen tree slated for mitigation. The applicant has asked for more time to look into saving the tree as well as answer outstanding comments made by the city's engineering consultant.
The site is located on the west side of US1 north of Polmeroy Street between Mar-Stuart commercial planned unit development (Audi Infiniti car dealerships) and Lowes. The parcels that make up the development are approved as two separate CPUD’s. In 2000, Lowes, and in 2005 Advantage Ford were approved for development. In 2009, Marketplace of Stuart CPUD, a combination of the two CPUD’s consisting of 270,067 square feet of retail space, two restaurants totaling 9,731 square feet and two banks totaling 9,140 square feet was approved, but stalled due to the general slowdown of the economy. Then in 2012 the Mar-Stuart CPUD was carved out of the Marketplace CPUD and was approved as Mar-Stuart home to the Audi and Infinity car dealerships.
Marketplace of Stuart CPUD listed preservation requirements which were conditioned to be met with a combination of on and off site locations, with the majority of preservation being provided to the city with the offsite dedication of 20.60 acres (Vista B valued accessed value of $930,000). The Vista parcel located adjacent to and inclusive of the Windemere RPUD was conveyed to the city along with a check for $25,000 for preservation of the on-site upland habitat. This has since been accomplished and has a land use of conservation. A new traffic signal when warranted was also conditioned at the entrance to Marketplace CPUD.
The owner has provided receipts in the amount of $85,000 demonstrating 119 (2.5 caliper) slash pines were purchased and environmental monitoring reports demonstrating that the 119 (2.5 caliper) slash pines were installed after adoption of Ordinance No. 2244-2012. In addition, the owner of the property has provided documentation that check #1096, dated 6/8/2012, was prepared by MarketPlace of Stuart, LLC to the City of Stuart for $85,000 to satisfy a condition 11 of Ordinance No.2244-2018.
Also documentation that $275,000 ($190,000 for installation of landscaping on the Willoughby berm adjoining the Marketplace property and $85,000 for additional planting at the Willoughby golf course) was provided upon closing of the Mar-Stuart Retail property to satisfy the tree mitigation of Ordinance No.2244-2018.
Now, Konover South LLC has submitted application with a revised site plan for the Marketplace of Stuart to include 4 outparcels along US1 and with a single access/egress connection to US1. The western half or back of the CPUD will remain undeveloped except for easements in order to locate the required retention/detention area with a connecting bioswale lined with littoral plantings.
The proposed uses for the outparcels consist of a convenient store with gas (Cumberland Farms) a fast food restaurant with drive-thru, a sit-down restaurant (Roadhouse Grill) and a retail storefront building. Also the developer intents to build a common entrance drive from US1 that includes southbound right turning lane and two in lanes and three lanes leaving the development.