PLACEMENT: Public Hearings - Quasi-Judicial
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REQUEST ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF UNOPENED RIGHT-OF-WAY CONDITIONED UPON THE CONVEYANCE OF OTHER RIGHT-OF-WAY LYING WITHIN ST. LUCIE INLET FARMS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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This is a request for the Board to consider an application for the abandonment of a portion of right-of-way and a waiver of the required privilege fee in conjunction with the abandonment. The request includes donated right-of-way, in consideration for the privilege fee.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PREPARED BY: Name: Thomas Walker, Jr., PSM
Title: County Surveyor
REQUESTED BY: KANNER 5601, LLC
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PROCEDURES: Quasi-Judicial
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
KANNER 5601, LLC, hereinafter called the Petitioner, requests that the Board consider the abandonment of 16,640.77 square feet (Exhibit "A") of unopened right-of-way, lying within St. Lucie Inlet Farms. Said right-of-way being sought for abandonment is not, nor has it ever been an open road. The Petitioner is the owner of portions of Tracts 7 and 8 abutting the subject unopened right-of-way.
Section 139.2 of the Martin County Code of Ordinances requires a privilege fee for abandonment and vacation of County property and roads; however, the Board may waive the privilege fee required upon a showing of good cause.
As part of the Final Site Plan for Kanner Lake, staff requested the Petitioner set aside an additional 10-feet of right-of-way adjacent to the existing right-of-way lying east of the proposed site plan. This additional right-of-way will enhance the ability to access and maintain the ditch that connects the weir at the north end of the Fern Creek flow through marsh and, ultimately, the South Fork of the St. Lucie River. The Petitioner intends to dedicate the additional right-of-way to Martin County pursuant to the plat of Kanner Lake; however, the Petitioner has requested the Board consider this as good cause for waiving the p...
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