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Board recommends rezoning of 108 acres at Energy Lane to planned development with conditions
Summary
The planning board recommended the city commission rezone six parcels (about 108 acres) from light industrial to a planned development to allow a stepped intensity of industrial uses, subject to 25 conditions including dust control, traffic analyses and site-plan review.
The Fort Pierce Planning Board voted to recommend that the city commission approve a request to rezone six parcels near Energy Lane (about 108.38 acres) from light industrial (I-1) to planned development (PD), a change staff said would allow a more tailored mix of light- and medium-intensity industrial uses while protecting nearby uses.
Staff highlighted a proposed use table that separates light-industrial from medium-industrial activities and flagged several uses (concrete, glass, primary metals, communications towers) that would trigger additional review because of dust, noise or vibration risks. Staff recommended approval to the commission subject to 25 conditions and said site plans would require traffic impact analyses, stormwater and dust-control mitigation, wetlands and gopher-tortoise assessments as applicable.
Leslie Olson, principal at District Planning Group representing Hope Commercial Holdings, told the board the applicant already holds an approved site plan and could start construction under current approvals. "We could turn around today and walk out and say, okay. We're just gonna build the light industrial," Olson said, but added the PD is meant to manage adjacency to heavier uses and provide an orderly transition of intensity.
Board members pressed staff about potential dust impacts to the nearby new wastewater treatment plant and asked whether county engineering would be required to sign off on traffic or signalization contributions. Staff said any development that triggers off-site impacts would be required to provide additional traffic or mitigation analyses and that the commission would not be recommended to approve developments without county sign-off where required.
The board voted by roll call to recommend approval of the rezoning to the city commission, subject to the conditions outlined by staff, which include the requirement that any uses marked for special scrutiny return to the planning board for site-plan-level review.
Next steps: staff will forward the recommendation and conditions to the city commission; final rezoning and PD approvals rest with the commission and will include greater detail at the site-plan stage.
