PLACEMENT: Public Hearings
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING DIVISION 6, SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, ARTICLE 11, PLANNED MIXED-USE VILLAGE, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, MARTIN COUNTY CODE, REGARDING EXCAVATION STANDARDS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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This is a request by Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., on behalf of Mattamy Palm Beach LLC, for approval of an amendment to Division 6, Site Development Standards, Article 11, Planned Mixed-Use Village, Land Development Regulations, Martin County Code, to add excavation standards for projects within the Planned Mixed Use Village Zoning District.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: John Sinnott
Title: Principal Planner
REQUESTED BY: Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., Robert S. Raynes, Jr.
PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Article 11 is a form-based code which implements the Planned Mixed-Use Village (PMUV) future land use designation of the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan (CGMP). This article was approved in 2018 through the adoption of Ordinance 1083. The PMUV code regulates the Newfield project, formerly known as Pineland Prairie. The Newfield project consists of approximately 3,411 acres of land located west of Florida’s Turnpike and adjacent to the C-23 Canal in Palm City.
Division 6, Site Development Standards, within Article 11 contains criteria for parking, signage, lighting, placement of utilities, landscaping, stormwater management, and preservation areas. The applicant proposes to amend Division 6 by adding Section 11.6.9, Excavation Standards. These excavation standards would allow for a maximum depth of 40 feet for an excavated body of water for projects in the PMUV. The proposed amendment contains sampling, reporting, and monitoring requirements which are consistent with existing standards found in Division 8, Excavating, Filling, and Mining, Article 4, Site Development Standards, Land Development Regulations, Martin County Code, which were adopted by the Board of County Commissioners via Ordinance 1191 in November 2022.
This matter was properly noticed and heard before the Local Planning Agency (LPA) on February 19, 2026. The recommendation will be provided to the Board of County Commissioners.
The following supporting documents are attached:
Staff Report
Draft Ordinance
Application Materials
Legal Ad
Staff Presentation
ISSUES:
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LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
This is a legislative matter. Legislative decisions are those in which the local government formulates policy rather than applying specific rules to a particular situation. A local government’s approval or denial of an issue in its legislative capacity is typically subject to a fairly debatable standard of review. Fairly debatable means that the government’s action must be upheld if reasonable minds could differ as to the propriety of the decision reached. Decisions subject to the fairly debatable standard of review need only be rationally related to a legitimate public purpose, such as the health, safety, and welfare of the public, to be valid. Given this broad discretion, only decisions that are arbitrary and capricious or illegal are subject to serious legal challenge.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
RECOMMENDATION
1. Move that the Board receive and file the agenda item and its attachments including the staff report as Exhibit 1.
2. Move that the Board adopt the proposed Ordinance amending Article 11, Planned Mixed-Use Village, Land Development Regulations, Martin County Code.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Direct staff accordingly.
FISCAL IMPACT:
RECOMMENDATION
The applicant has paid the $3,115.00 application fee.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
None
DOCUMENT(S) REQUIRING ACTION:
☐Budget Transfer / Amendment ☐ Chair Letter ☐Contract / Agreement
☐Grant / Application ☐Notice ☒Ordinance ☐Resolution
☐Other: