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Board recommends vacating portion of Hibiscus Drive to create 1.12‑acre parcel; developer says it will aid redevelopment
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval of AB 25-01 to vacate part of Hibiscus Drive south of 30th Street, creating roughly a 1.12-acre site for commercial redevelopment; staff said vacancy would not remove utilities and that dead-end signage and stormwater requirements apply.
The board voted to recommend approval of AB 25-01 on Dec. 10, a request to vacate a portion of Hibiscus Drive south of 30th Street and the southeastern right-of-way of 31st Street to facilitate redevelopment of adjacent parcels into a neighborhood business-commercial site.
City staff described the plat and survey, noting Hibiscus Drive was platted in 1956 as a 50-foot right-of-way and that staff found no utilities within the subject segment. The vacation would add roughly 1.12 acres to the applicant’s site; staff recommended approval with conditions including placement of dead-end signage where the right-of-way would be cut.
Rob Merrill of Cobb Cole Law Firm represented the application and said he and the owner had checked the statutory and practical boxes for a vacation; he told the board he had supporters present and described the planned use as a martial-arts/kata/aikido studio. Merrill summarized the statutory effect of a vacation: under state statute the underlying fee reverts in a reversionary fashion to adjacent owners rather than being sold by the city.
Nearby property owner Richard Jones said he has owned a neighboring building for 23 years and that vacating the road could help clean up an area he described as long-affected by illegal dumping and criminal activity. Jones asked how the city would barricade access and how quickly the recorded vacation would take effect; staff said final recording typically takes about one to two weeks and that removal of pavement would be the property owners’ responsibility.
Board members asked about stormwater modeling and whether the new development would meet the city’s closed-basin stormwater standards; staff and the applicant said engineered plans would be required and that the project could reduce impervious area in the right-of-way. The board moved to approve the vacation recommendation, and roll-call votes were recorded as: Mr. Dwayne — yes; Mr. Fisher — yes; Mr. McGinnis — yes; Mr. Kennedy — yes; Mr. Andrkovich — yes; Mr. Hatcher — yes.
