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Board votes to recommend vacating 5-by-50-foot city right-of-way to serve Tijani Plaza
Summary
The board voted unanimously to recommend vacating a roughly 5-by-50-foot strip of city right-of-way on Nineteenth Street so Broward County can secure a contiguous 5-foot utility/traffic corridor for the Tijani Plaza development after Holland Engineering confirmed utility releases.
At a municipal board meeting, members voted unanimously to recommend vacating a small strip of city right-of-way on Nineteenth Street to allow Broward County to obtain a contiguous 5-foot frontage needed for utility connections and traffic access for the Tijani Plaza development, following a presentation by Susan Holland of Holland Engineering.
The board’s recommendation centered on a roughly 5-foot-wide by 50-foot-long piece of right-of-way that remained after an earlier vacation of Northwest Sixteenth Avenue. "It's about 5 foot wide by approximately 50 feet long," said Susan Holland, who told the board the applicant had obtained releases from all utility owners for that narrow parcel. Holland said the vacation would allow the county to secure the full 5-foot frontage it requires along the development's frontage to tie into water and sewer.
The motion to recommend approval (case UDP-B25007) referenced the city staff report and testimony by the applicant and stated the application met the applicable criteria cited in the staff report. There were no staff conditions noted in the motion. The board then took a roll call vote; members voted in favor and the motion passed unanimously.
Board members asked clarifying questions about the project status and why the small parcel remained after the earlier vacation of Sixteenth Avenue. Holland said the main building was under construction with parking on the north side, and that Broward County required the 5-foot frontage to tie into utilities across roughly 200 feet of frontage; the small leftover chunk belonged to the city and needed formal vacation before the county could take the right-of-way.
This action is a recommendation from the board; the transcript indicates the item will continue through the city's approval process (the board recommended approval to the next decision-making body). No ordinance numbers or statutes were cited during the discussion.
The board discussion was brief and focused on the technical need for the parcel to be vacated, the applicant's confirmation of utility releases and the county's requirement for the 5-foot frontage. The board’s recommendation advances the applicant’s effort to finalize utility connections for the Tijani Plaza development.
