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16A O/L <br /> LDR AMENDMENT <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA [LEGISLATIVE] <br /> (W MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator <br /> D TMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br /> Robert M. Keating, CP; Vmunity Development Director <br /> FROM: Stan Boling,�AICP <br /> Planning Director <br /> DATE: July 15, 2013 <br /> SUBJECT: Consideration of Proposed Land Development Regulation(LDR)Amendment to Section <br /> 911.15(1)(d),West County Industrial Park Height Exception <br /> It is requested that the following information be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br /> Commissioners at its regular meeting of August 20, 2013. <br /> (W BACKGROUND <br /> In 2004,the county adopted special regulations that allow warehouse and industrial buildings in industrial <br /> parks and industrial subdivisions over 100 acres in size and located west of I-95 to be built to a height of <br /> up to 80 feet. Those regulations include a set of special setback criteria that further restrict the building <br /> height exception area. Currently,the only locations in the county that qualify for the height exception lie <br /> within the SR60/I-95 Commercial/Industrial Node. <br /> When adopted in 2004,the height exception regulations were structured to achieve economic development <br /> objectives, specifically to accommodate modern distribution facilities within the Indian River Park of <br /> Commerce Planned Development. One such distribution facility,located west of 98th Avenue and north of <br /> SR60, was subsequently built and is operational. <br /> As approved, the building height exception allowed development of the existing + 350,000 sq. ft. CVS <br /> distribution center, a project that was completed in 2006 and is located in the northern one third of the <br /> Indian River Park of Commerce PD. Portions of that building are+68 feet tall and house a sophisticated <br /> system of automated racking and inventory management. At present,the facility operates two shifts and <br /> provides jobs at good wages for over 300 workers. Under an existing,phased site plan approval,the CVS <br /> building can be expanded another+90,000 sq. ft. Even further expansion is possible,subject to site plan <br /> approval and compliance with height exception criteria. <br /> Recently, the Board of County Commissioners (Board) considered a number of economic development <br /> (W initiatives brought forward by Commissioner Tim Zorc. In so doing, the Board directed staff to initiate <br /> action on several of those economic development initiatives,including one which involves amending the <br /> LDRs to expand the industrial park building height exception area. In response to that directive, staff <br /> FACommunity Deve1opment\CurDev\BCC\2013 BCC\WCIPheightexception.doc 1514 <br />