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Commissioners approve PNRD rezoning for American Silicone; board limits industrial hours and requires site controls
Summary
The board approved rezoning two parcels to a planned nonresidential development to allow a 7,560 sq ft American Silicone facility and two additional industrial/retail buildings, with conditions including limited industrial hours and no overnight parking in front of the multi‑tenant building.
The Board of County Commissioners voted Feb. 4 to approve rezoning of two parcels totaling about 3.17 acres west of Oleander Avenue to a planned nonresidential development (PNRD) to permit an American Silicone manufacturing space and additional commercial/industrial tenant bays.
Planning staff presented a preliminary site plan showing a 7,560‑square‑foot building for American Silicone at the north end, two industrial bays to the south and a 7,859‑square‑foot multi‑tenant retail/industrial building fronting Oleander Avenue. The proposal includes 41 parking spaces, three loading zones and one full‑access driveway. Staff said the PNRD narrows potential uses relative to a straight industrial district and adds site design and operating conditions.
Conditions recommended by planning and carried in the board action include combining the two parcels, submittal of a site‑development permit, compliance with community architectural standards, hours limits on industrial‑classified activities (staff noted 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in planning commission conversation), no overnight parking in front of the multi‑tenant building, provision of bicycle racks, a gopher tortoise survey and vegetation permits or mitigation as required by Environmental Resources.
The applicant’s representative said the company makes medical‑ and food‑grade silicone products such as infant pacifiers and gel sheets for reconstructive surgery, and that processes are contained within the building. Staff and the applicant described substantial on‑site stormwater controls, including a dry detention area and exfiltration trenches; the applicant said the design provides a net improvement in drainage and a culvert where the driveway crosses a water‑control canal.
Commissioners asked for a condition prohibiting industrial activities outside buildings; the applicant agreed. The Planning and Zoning Commission had recommended approval.
The motion to approve passed by voice vote; no roll‑call tally appears in the transcript. Final site plan approval and any tenant uses will be vetted in subsequent permitting stages.
