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Community development report: churches, fields and ongoing traffic, signage and fence complaints
Summary
Staff reported three development petitions in DRC and board members raised concerns about traffic at 106th Avenue and Sterling, billboard and banner clutter, and inconsistent fencing on Palm Avenue.
City community development staff told the Planning & Zoning Board on May 19 that three petitions are moving through the Development Review Committee (DRC): a Korean church on Sterling Road proposing a private-use soccer/multipurpose field; a similar request from Rock Church/Bridal Palm Ranches for a youth soccer field; and a recently filed submittal for a church on Flamingo Road proposing to add a high school and increase elementary and middle student counts.
Jason said the Korean church and the Rock Church requests are for facility-use-only fields (no tournaments or league play). He said the Flamingo Road proposal will require plat amendments, conditional-use review and additional county approvals because of increased impervious area; staff did not expect that project to be ready for the coming school year.
Board members then used the report as an opportunity to raise several neighborhood and traffic concerns. Multiple members pressed staff about a left-turn signal on S.W. 106th Avenue at Sterling Road. Jason said a previous study by the county found the signal was not warranted, but the city received money from an earlier agreement (a payment from the developer Kingfisher) that would cover the cost if Broward County approves a signal. He added that the planned Nur Islam school/mosque expansion would trigger a new warrant study and that county approval remains the gating factor.
Board members also complained about a large, cluttered roadside sign near 106th and Sterling that carries banners and temporary material; staff said billboards are generally prohibited inside Cooper City and that the board’s complaint would be noted for follow-up. Members discussed longstanding aesthetic concerns on Palm Avenue, where a mix of wooden shadow-box fences, concrete walls and unpermitted fences became visible after county road widening. Staff said code currently requires shadow-box fencing for double-frontage lots but enforcement and funding options (grants, HOAs or special assessments) complicate any uniform replacement or city-funded solution.
Separately, board members discussed operational issues at the Kingfisher subdivision gate: the HOA has been adjusting the gate call-box area after delivery trucks and large vehicles repeatedly damaged it. Jason said the HOA proposed widening the inner lane from 12 to 17 feet and re-locating the call box; that submittal had just arrived for staff review.
No formal board action was taken on the traffic, signage or fence complaints; they were recorded as concerns for staff and commissioners to pursue.
