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Sunrise commission denies rezoning and master plan for proposed hotel amid traffic and safety concerns
Summary
The Sunrise City Commission voted March 3 to deny a rezoning and master plan that would have allowed a branded hotel and related development at SW 160th Avenue and Indian Trace after residents raised traffic, safety and compatibility concerns; the city’s traffic consultant had concurred with the applicant’s supplemental study but commissioners found the record insufficient to meet the quasi‑judicial standard.
The Sunrise City Commission on Tuesday voted to deny a rezoning request and related master plan that would have allowed a branded, multi‑story hotel at the Northeast corner of Southwest 160th Avenue and Indian Trace.
The commission’s vote followed hours of testimony from the applicant, city staff, traffic and security consultants, and many affected residents. The developer presented a supplemental traffic study and a security plan and offered a restrictive covenant waiving certain development rights under the Florida Live Local Act; the city’s traffic consultant, Joaquin Vargas of TrafTech Engineering, testified he “concur(s) with the findings” and said the intersections evaluated were operating at an acceptable level of service even under conservative assumptions. The applicant also submitted tenant outreach materials and letters of support and played recorded statements from an adjacent preschool and small business tenants.
Residents and affected parties sharply contested the study’s assumptions and timing, arguing…
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