Board approves 4‑story self‑storage plan with condition requiring executed restrictive covenant within 90 days

The Pembroke Pines Planning and Zoning Board unanimously approved a site plan on Sept. 11 for a four‑story self‑storage building occupying the footprint of earlier office buildings, contingent on the applicant recording a previously agreed restrictive covenant within 90 days.

The applicant’s representative, identified in the record as Manny Snolowski, described the project as a four‑story, roughly 134,300–134,320 square‑foot single building of self storage replacing prior office footprints on a 9.99‑acre master site that also contains other approved and existing uses. Staff reminded the board that at rezoning the applicant had committed to a restrictive covenant limiting uses on part of the site, and the executed restrictive covenant had not yet been recorded. Staff recommended approval subject to a condition requiring the executed covenant be submitted and recorded within 90 days; building permits were also tied to recordation.

Board members asked questions about egress, sprinklers and phasing relative to an adjacent Culver’s restaurant. The applicant said the building would be fully sprinklered and would include at least two egress staircases that land directly outside; additional access points and code‑required features would be provided in the building plans to be filed with the building department. Staff and the applicant discussed sequencing, anticipated contractor clearance and staging to avoid traffic impacts, and both departments (building and fire) will require maintenance of traffic and coordination if concurrent construction occurs.

The motion to approve included the staff condition requiring recordation of the restrictive covenant within 90 days; staff told the board a building permit will not be issued until that condition is met. The vote was unanimous.