City Council
MEETING DATE: 1/11/2017
TITLE:
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Vacation 2016-01: Public Hearing to Vacate a Portion of a Public Utility Easement Reserved from the Vacation of Sunair Road, between Melrose Drive and Palo Verde Drive. Applicant: CCBC Resort Hotel.
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
City Staff recommends that City Council hear the Staff report on this vacation proposal, open the public hearing, listen to any testimony or comments from interested parties, and then after the close of the hearing, make the findings contained in the Resolution and adopt a Resolution (Vacation No. 2016-01) conditionally vacating a portion of a public utility easement in the former Sunair Road, between Melrose Drive and Palo Verde Drive, reserved from the vacation of Sunair Road in 2002.
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BACKGROUND:
In 1997, the owner of the resort hotel located on Sunair Road (since re-named to Gay Resort Drive) applied to the City for the vacation of all of Sunair Road along the frontage of the hotel, between Melrose Drive and Palo Verde Drive. The City conditionally approved this vacation, and several years later in 2002, after the conditions were met, the City recorded Resolution 97-65, which vacated the street. Because of the existence of a number of utilities in this street, the entire 80 foot width of Sunair Road was reserved as a utility easement as part of the vacation.
Over the years, the ownership of the resort changed, and the resort has been improved. The current owners (CCBC Resort Hotel), have submitted an application for Conditional Use Permit (CUP 2016-039) to allow the construction of a restaurant inside the resort. The plans for the new restaurant show that it will encroach into the vacated street and reserved utility easement by over 30 feet. The owners have therefore requested that the City vacate a portion of the reserved utility easement to clear the proposed restaurant footprint.
In order to begin the p...
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