History
The application was presented to the Community Redevelopment Board (CRB) at their meeting of April 6, 2021. The application was approved by a vote of 6-1 to be moved to the City Commission for approval.
The CRB did discuss the provision of a Marina and the parking arrangement of such.
The applicant confirms the following, which demonstrates compliance with the City's parking code for the Urban District:
Parking requirement (3.01.03):
Hotel:37 rooms (1 per room) = 37 spaces.
Hotel: Employees (2 per 3 employees) = 2 spaces.
Marina: 49 slips (1 per 4 slips) = 12 spaces.
Total: 51 spaces.
The proposed development will provide 55 parking stalls within its parking decks, exceeding code requirement.
The submerged land lease is to be finalized with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) prior to construction. The lease will require that a proportion of slips will be open for public access. This requirement supports the City's Comprehensive Plan at
Policy 9.A8.4: The City of Stuart will encourage land uses and site plans at preferred locations that enhance access to the coastal waterway and maximize the number of wet slips and dry storage racks at a given facility.
Summary
The intent of this application is a rezoning to an Urban Planned Unit Development from the existing zoning of Urban Waterfront. The property is located within the Community Redevelopment Area.
The proposed use of the site is for a three-story boutique hotel above two parking decks (partially below Finished First Floor Elevation). The Hotel proposes 25 single-bed rooms and 12 bedroom two-bed rooms, for a total of 37 rooms.The proposal will provide lodging and marina accommodations with 49 wet slips.
The property extends to the waterfront of the St. Lucie and adjacent to the Harborage residential condominiums to the north and a commercial building to the south. The shoreline has an existing and established mangrove growth that will be preserved and protected during construction activities.
The height of the building is proposed to comply with the maximum allowed to the eaves of 45 ft above lowest permissible finished floor level.
The request for departure from Land Development Code relates solely to allow parking within the building envelope.
The following documents form part of the attached Ordinance at Exhibit 'D"
a. Site Plan Set: McCarty & Associates 12-07-2020
b. Architectural Plan Set: Brent A. Wood Architecture LLC 3-11-2021
c. Landscape Plan Set: McCarty & Associates 3-11-2021
d. Drainage Statement: Captec Engineering Inc: 12-10-2020
e. Traffic Statement: Captec Engineering 12-09-2020
f. Utility Statement: Captec Engineering 12-09-2020
g. Boundary and Topographic Survey: Northstar Geomatics 11-12-2020
h. Fire Hydrant Exhibit - 2021
Refer also to Staff Report at B.1 of this agenda.