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Board approves 5‑foot landscape buffer at Incas site on Enterprise Road, rejects short fence requirement
Summary
The Board of Adjustment approved a variance reducing the southern landscape buffer from 10 feet to 5 feet for a proposed Incas manufacturing facility at 3500 Enterprise Road, with the board declining to require a standalone 6‑foot fence across the 146.86‑foot segment.
The Fort Pierce Board of Adjustment approved a variance to reduce the required 10‑foot landscape buffer to 5 feet along about 146.86 feet of the southern property line at 3500 Enterprise Road to accommodate site circulation for a new manufacturing facility.
Assistant Director of Planning Chris Senison presented the application on behalf of staff and said all five variance criteria were met after review by affected departments. "Staff recommends that the board of adjustment approve the variance, to reduce the southern landscape buffer on the subject property from 10 foot wide to 5 foot wide with following conditions," he said, listing site‑plan notation and a site‑obscuring fence among possible conditions.
Brad Curry, representing Hailey Ward and the owner, described a large new manufacturing building with a three‑story parking garage and said the internal drive aisle requirements left only room for a reduced buffer. He told the board the development could create roughly 294 new jobs. "It's about 294 new employees are expected at this facility," Curry said.
Staff and the applicant agreed that the reduced section would still accommodate required plantings; staff also recommended adding a note to the site plans and a fence if necessary to ensure screening. The applicant opposed a condition requiring a 6‑foot fence across the narrow segment, arguing the existing separation and plantings provided adequate screening.
After deliberation, a board member moved to approve the variance for the 5‑foot buffer along the 146.86‑foot segment and to waive the fence requirement; the motion carried on roll call.
The approved motion includes conditions requiring the variance to be documented on the site and landscape plans and limits the reduction to the specified portion of the property. The record shows staff and several departments supported the application; the board’s action clears the variance but leaves plan compliance and enforcement (landscape installation and maintenance) to later permitting and code‑compliance processes.
