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Planning board recommends approval for Mill Creek Phase 1 final site plan
Summary
The Planning Board recommended City Commission approval for Mill Creek Phase 1, a 439-unit residential phase with road improvements subject to FDOT and county approvals and conditions including emergency access and school-district coordination.
The Fort Pierce Planning Board voted March 10 to forward the Mill Creek final Planned Development Phase 1 site plan to the City Commission with conditions, including requirements for FDOT driveway approvals, roadway improvements and a traffic contribution agreement.
Kevin Freeman, Planning Director, described the Phase 1 area as approximately 62.5 acres north of Orange Avenue, proposing 439 dwelling units: 309 townhomes and 130 detached single-family units. Freeman said the application has undergone technical review and that the staff recommendation was to move the final site plan forward with the Mill Creek Residential Plan Development and Traffic Contribution Agreement as conditions.
Todd Maury, project attorney with Redtail, and representatives from Dreamfinders, the proposed home builder, presented details of traffic and stormwater plans and explained project phasing. Todd Maury said the applicant had met with Florida Department of Transportation and submitted a signal-warrant analysis. Traffic consultant Dr. Juan Ortega said the DOT has provided conceptual approval to use the intersection as the project’s main access and that more detailed analysis will be completed with permit submittal: "We just have now the DOT's blessing, for lack of a better word, to use that as our main access," he said.
Board members raised questions about the mix of adjacent county parcels, buffers along the western boundary, landscape and architectural treatments, and school-bus pickup location. Applicant representatives said enhanced landscape buffers would range from roughly 30 to 85 feet at various edges and that the developer had provided for a gated entrance and internal road geometry to enable bus turnaround if the school district requested an interior stop.
Ms. Clemens moved to recommend approval with the staff's three stated conditions and two added conditions directing staff outreach to the school district and more fully documenting emergency access details in the development agreement. The motion was seconded by Ms. Carter and passed on a roll call vote with all members present voting yes.
Next steps include City Commission review and further coordination with FDOT, St. Lucie County and the school district for final permit and traffic-signal determinations.
