Council approves Delgado medical office site plan, plat, flex, land use change and rezoning with recorded reversion covenant

The Town of Davie approved five related land-development actions for the Delgado Medical Office project, including a site plan, plat, commercial flexibility allocation, a future land use map amendment and rezoning. Council included a recorded restrictive covenant that the town attorney will place in the Broward County official records requiring reversion to the prior “state residential” future land use if the property is sold to another owner before issuance of the project’s certificate of occupancy.

Council took the votes in sequence because the package required supermajority approval for parts of the application. The applicant’s representative confirmed agreement to the restrictive covenant language on the record. Mayor and council members also discussed the site’s heavy tree cover and wildlife; the council requested careful handling of trees and animal displacement during site clearing, and the applicant’s representative said the owner had directed contractors to be careful.

The council approved the site plan, plat and flex application (commercial flexibility per Broward County Land Use Plan) by roll call, each motion carrying with councilors voting in favor. The ordinance to change the future land use map designation to commercial was approved with the condition that the recordable restrictive covenant be filed in Broward County within 15 days of the ordinance becoming effective. Finally, the rezoning to the requested commercial district was approved by roll call vote.

Town staff and the applicant discussed outreach to the United Ranches neighborhood and included a reversion mechanism so that if this particular project does not proceed under the current ownership, the prior land use protections for the neighborhood would remain available. The council’s recorded votes show affirmative action on each related item.