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•(W Industrial Development Near the SR60/I-95 Interchange <br /> For a number of years, the county has recognized the potential for job-creating industrial development <br /> west of the SR60/I-95 interchange and recently has taken steps to accommodate and facilitate industrial <br /> development in that area. Those steps included re-designating and re-zoning the Indian River Park of <br /> Commerce site for industrial development, adopting the current industrial building height exception <br /> regulations,adopting economic development policies promoting target industries that require tall industrial <br /> buildings such as distribution centers,extending water and sewer improvements,making various traffic- <br /> related improvements,and approving a significant expansion of the Commercial/Industrial node west and <br /> north of the Indian River Park of Commerce. Because of those initiatives,the industrial area in and around <br /> the Indian River Park of Commerce is a potential target area for additional distribution facilities. That <br /> potential is due to the area's available infrastructure,convenient access to south Florida and the west coast <br /> of Florida via I-95,SR60,and the Florida Turnpike,and a land use pattern that avoids significant land use <br /> conflicts for further industrial development. <br /> According to staff's research, several types of modern,automated distribution facilities require building <br /> heights from 45 feet to 80 feet. Although a few distribution facilities in North America have building <br /> heights of up to 110 feet and a few facilities in Europe have building heights of up to 150 feet,it appears <br /> unlikely that such facilities' would be logistically warranted or proposed in Indian River County. <br /> Therefore, the existing west county industrial building height exception limitation of 80 feet appears <br /> adequate to accommodate future distribution facilities. <br /> As structured, the existing industrial building height exception confines tall buildings to a narrow <br /> (W geographic area visually separated from I-95 and SR60, with significant setback and special buffering <br /> required. With the requirement that any such tall buildings be located within a 100+ acre industrial <br /> park/subdivision,the exception ensures that any tall industrial building will be sited in an industrial setting <br /> with other large buildings. <br /> Because the existing CVS distribution center was built under the current height exception allowance,that <br /> building is a good"test case"for properly siting a large,tall industrial building. As to CVS,that facility <br /> has the following characteristics: <br /> Overall Industrial Park Site: 140 acres <br /> CVS Site: 50 acres <br /> CVS Building 350,000 sq. ft. <br /> Max. Building Height 68 feet <br /> Setbacks from CVS Building to Industrial Park Perimeters: <br /> East(adjacent to 98th Avenue) 500 feet to building(conventional height portion) <br /> 620 feet to building (tall height portion) <br /> Note: Type "C" buffer with taller than normal installed plants provided along 98th <br /> Avenue frontage <br /> North (adjacent to canal) 620 feet to building (tall portion) <br /> South(adjacent to SR60) 1,500 feet(tall portion) <br /> West(adjacent to agricultural) 1,150 feet(tall portion) <br /> FACommunity Development\CurDev\BCC\2013 BCC\WCIPheightexception.doc 3516 <br />