SUBJECT:
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Request for Waivers from Land Development Code Section 6.8.6 Related to Buffer Requirements for the Cypress Road Industrial Park Administration Building Waiver STA-000066-2025, Parcel 9029-0722-34
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Steven Cohoon, P.E., County Engineer |
Office of the County Engineer |
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
The applicant, Culver Engineering, LLC, proposes to build a 157,500 square foot building and use existing vegetation to satisfy the buffer requirements around the property including B-type and D-type buffers that require walls along the western and northern boundaries.
Pursuant to Land Development Code (LDC) Section 6.8.6, since the subject property (Parcel 9029-0722-34) has heavy industrial M-2 zoning, and its western boundary abuts an approved multi-family PUD with up to 1200 residential units, a B-type buffer is required. The northern boundary abuts a railroad right of way (ROW) with adjacent residential and requires a D-type buffer. Similarly, since the southern boundary abuts the Cypress Road ROW with an approved multi-family PUD adjacent to the ROW, a D-type buffer is required.
The LDC Section 6.8.6.K(2) states that a B-type buffer shall consist of a 20-foot-wide landscape strip with a buffer wall. The buffer shall contain at least two shade trees and three accent/ornamental trees for every 100 lineal feet or fractional part thereof. Shrubs and groundcovers, excluding turfgrass, shall comprise at least 50 percent of the required buffer.
The LDC Section 6.8.6.K(4) states that a D-type buffer shall consist of a 15-foot-wide landscape strip with a buffer wall. The buffer shall contain at least two shade trees and three accent/ornamental trees for every 100 lineal feet or fractional part thereof. Shrubs and groundcovers, excluding turfgrass, shall comprise at least 25 percent of the required buffer.
The applicant states that the existing vegetation is full and thick and was left during the clearing process primarily for the purpose of providing a vegetative buffer around the property.
These waiver requests were denied by the Development Review Committee (DRC) on February 9, 2026. Staff does not oppose the waiver request.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
None
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to uphold DRC’s support to approve the waiver requests.
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