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SD-2403: Request for Preliminary Plat and Construction Plan Approval for Deering Park Center Townhomes Phase 1 located south of Indian River Boulevard within Deering Park Center.
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SD-2403: Request for Preliminary Plat and Construction Plan Approval for Deering Park Center Townhomes Phase 1 located south of Indian River Boulevard within Deering Park Center.
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OWNER:
Deering Park 1 LLC
APPLICANT:
Sean Stefan
LOCATION:
South of Indian River Boulevard and West of Interstate I-95.
AREA:
92.91 Acres
PROPOSED USE:
258 unit townhome subdivision
CURRENT LAND USE:
Undeveloped - Pasture
FLUM DESIGNATION:
Mixed-Use with Conservation Overlay
ZONING DISTRICT:
Mixed-Use Planned Unit Development (MUPUD)
Book:8532, Page:4832
VOTING DISTRICT:
Council District 4, Councilperson Mike Thomas
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approval
PLANNING BOARD:
November 12th, 2025
CITY COUNCIL:
December 1st, 2025
OVERVIEW:
The Planned Unit Development designation is a conditional zoning district intended to provide a flexible approach for unique and innovative land development proposals, which could not be accomplished under conventional zoning. A PUD establishes permitted uses and specific development requirements. A Conceptual Development Plan illustrates the general location and intensity of the land uses within the development. A PUD does not approve any specific development itself, but establishes the parameters for how a site can be developed. A PUD must be developed in accordance with the standards established in the approved PUD agreement and must comply with all other applicable development regulations such as stormwater, landscaping, tree preservation, traffic, etc.
A preliminary plat is a recording of the subdivision of land into individual lots or parcels which allows for the construction of infrastructure through the approval of construction plans. The applicant submitted to the City of Edgewater for review of the preliminary plat on July 23rd, 2024. Seven (7) subsequent reviews have taken place; the Technical Review Committee has reviewed the following preliminary plat and construction plans and has found that the development meets the requirements of the Comprehensive Plan. Land Development Code, and the Second Amended and Restated Deering Park Center Mixed Use Planned Unit Development (MUPUD) Agreement recorded at Book 8532, Page 4832. The contracted City surveyor has also reviewed the preliminary plat and the comments have been addressed in the most recent submittal.
MIXED USE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CONSISTENCY:
Figure 1: Location Map
The Second Amended and Restated Deering Park Center Mixed-Use Planned Unit Development Agreement provides the framework for the entire development. City staff have reviewed the submitted application against this development agreement. Deering Park Center classifies townhomes as multi-family residential. Townhomes within the MUPUD have no minimum lot size.
City staff have required the developer to track with each submittal a lot count inventory as shown below:
This is further illustrated in Figure 2 which is color coded to the respective lot sizes.
Figure 2: Conceptual Development Plan
The Second Amended and Restated Deering Park Center Mixed Use agreement also establishes minimum setbacks. Upon review, staff have determined that the minimum setbacks established within the MUPUD are being adhered too. City staff have provided a screenshot below of both the Development Summary table on the left and on the right, MUPUD language:
As a part of the development review, City staff required the applicant to provide typical drainage easements for each typology of lot found within the subdivision. The MUPUD agreement requires 10 foot from utility easements and 5 foot side utility easements. City staff have provided the schematic of lot area utility easements below within Figure 3.
Figure 3: Lot Easement Diagrams
The MUPUD agreement requires for all internal rights-of-way in residential subdivisions, a minimum width of fifty feet. The applicant has provided above the minimum right-of-way of 50 feet and supplemented with