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Cutler Bay approves Dragonfly Shops drive‑through and vacates adjacent right‑of‑way
Summary
Council approved a conditional use and final site plan for a drive‑through coffee shop and multi‑tenant retail building (Dragonfly Shops at Old Cutler), and approved vacation of a small right‑of‑way to permit the redevelopment; the applicant offered pedestrian and park connectivity improvements.
The Cutler Bay Town Council voted to approve a conditional use permit and final site plan for Dragonfly Shops at Old Cutler, allowing a 2,500‑square‑foot drive‑through coffee shop and a multi‑tenant commercial building on a roughly 1.75‑acre vacant parcel. The council also approved the abandonment and vacation of Southwest 2 Fifteenth Street right‑of‑way to facilitate the development and public‑realm improvements.
Planning staff told the council the project (filed by E Old Cutler LLC) would consolidate three parcels separated by an undeveloped right‑of‑way; the applicant offered to improve the adjacent SW 90 Ninth Avenue right‑of‑way with a landscaped pedestrian and bicycle trail that would connect Lincoln City Park to SW 216th Street, and to construct sidewalks around Lincoln City Park.
Dr. Jared Munster (planning staff) said the application met the town’s land‑development regulations and growth management plan, and Catherine Lyon of the Corradino Group recommended approval. Lyon described site features—access limited to a single entrance/exit on Old Cutler Road, a landscape buffer and bicycle and golf‑cart parking—and said the project "is tailored to serving nearby residents and will not unduly burden transportation facilities." The applicant’s attorney, Alessandra Sanremo, offered to answer council questions but waived a full presentation as the item had been considered at prior workshops.
The council opened public comment for the quasi‑judicial hearing; there were no remote commenters and no one in the auditorium beyond one in‑chamber participant. Councilmembers moved and approved resolution 6a (conditional use) and resolution 6b (site plan) by roll‑call votes. Later in the meeting the council approved the formal ROW vacation for SW 2 Fifteenth Street and noted the developer’s proffered pedestrian and park improvements as public benefits tied to the approval.
The approvals include conditions in the staff resolutions; staff noted that the right‑of‑way closure requires a second notice published in the Herald as prescribed by state statute and that affected property owners will be notified of the legal process for reverting the ROW to adjacent owners.
Next steps: the applicant must satisfy the conditions in the resolutions and complete the administrative steps (recording and permitting) before site work begins.
