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Planning & Zoning Board approves AutoZone site plan, requires alley access easement
Summary
The Lake Worth Beach Planning & Zoning Board approved a Major Site Plan and waiver for an AutoZone retail store across seven parcels, conditioned on a Unity of Title and a recorded egress/ingress easement to prevent landlocking neighboring properties.
The City of Lake Worth Beach Planning & Zoning Board on Feb. 5 approved PZB Project 24-01400024, a Major Site Plan and waiver for an AutoZone automotive-parts store spanning seven parcels fronting South Dixie Highway and South H Street. The approval was conditioned on a Unity of Title for the parcels and a recorded egress/ingress easement to preserve rear access for adjacent properties.
Scott Rodriguez, Assistant Director for Planning and Preservation, told the Board that the applicant submitted a Major Site Plan, a street wall waiver and an Administrative Use Permit and that the submitted landscape plan meets requirements. Rodriguez said a separate right-of-way abandonment for the rear alley had been submitted and that Unity of Title would be required for the seven parcels proposed for consolidation.
Multiple Board members raised concern that abandoning the alley would “landlock” properties to the south by removing their rear access. Board Attorney Elizabeth Lenihan advised the Board it could condition an abandonment or the site-plan approval to protect access and utilities by requiring recorded easements. Max Kaplan, the applicant's agent, said deliveries to the AutoZone site occur once per week and that the applicant would be willing to coordinate a resolution to preserve access for the southern lots.
Gary Williams, a business owner at 514 South H Street, urged the Board that “it is imperative that access is provided to the rear of those two southern properties,” a concern the Board addressed by making alley access a condition of approval. Mark Humm moved to approve the site plan and waiver with that condition and with the contingency that approval be tied to abandonment approval accompanied by an ingress/egress easement; Daniel Walesky seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
The approval notes that the site-plan modification must include alleyway access to the parcels and that the project approval is contingent on the abandonment approval with recorded egress/ingress easements. The Board did not adopt any changes to utilities at the hearing; follow-up items include recording the required easements and completing the Unity of Title for the seven parcels.
