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DATE : April 11 , 2001 SUBJECT : Hurley Builders and Developers . Inc . ' s Request for Special Exception Use and Conceptual P . D . Plan Approval for an Agricultural PD to be Known as Vero Grove It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of April 17 , 2001 . Description and Conditions : Knight, McGuire and Associates , Inc . has submitted an application on behalf of Hurley Builders and Developers for special exception use and conceptual planned development (PD) plan approval for a project consisting of 167 single family lots , an 18 hole golf course , and "agricultural preserve " area. The subject site is located on the west side of 82nd Avenue between 37th Street and 53rd Street and covers 839 . 1 acres . The subject site is zoned A- 1 ( Agriculture up to 1 unit/5 acres ) and has an AG- 1 (Agriculture, up to 1 unit/5 acres ) land use designation . The proposed 167 lot residential/agricultural/golf course development can be allowed in the A - 1 zoning district, subject to the special exception use provisions of Sections 911 . 06(4 ) and 911 . 14(2 ) . These provisions allow residential development projects in agricultural areas if agricultural planned development approval is granted . It should be noted that, in its first ( and only ) Technical Review Committee (TRC) meeting, staff identified project design concerns and informed the applicant that a second TRC review would be necessary due to significant discrepancies . The applicant, however, insisted on a Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing date that did not accommodate a second TRC review , sufficient time for applicant responses and revisions , proper advertising and notice , and staff review and analysis . Under the LDRs , applicants are allowed to proceed to the Planning and Zoning Commission without TRC concurrence . Such was the case with this project . Thus , the project proceeded to the Planning and Zoning Commission and is now scheduled for the Board of County Commissioners , without TRC concurrence . • Planning and Zoning Commission ( PZC ) Action : At its March 22 , 2001 meeting, the PZC voted unanimously (6-0 ) to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners deny the project as presented . Since the PZC consideration , the applicant has not proposed any design modification . but has requested that the application be scheduled for Board of County Commissioners ' consideration . The Board is now to consider the Planned Development special exception request. • PDs in Agriculturally Designated Areas To address urban sprawl concerns in the 1990s . the county adopted special policies and regulations regarding residential development in agriculturally designated areas , such as the subject area. The resulting special regulations require use of the PD process and a layout of residential lots that . . clusters" homesites in a manner that provides large remaining areas of open space ( used for agriculture or preservation of natural features ) . Therefore , the LDRs limit the maximum lot or homesite size to 1 acre , with remaining areas designated as agricultural or open space ( see attachment #4 ) . Lot or homesite clustering also is intended to make such projects more compatible with adjacent agricultural areas by limiting the residential/agricultural interface . April 17 , 2001 26 1\ i rlG