Planning and Zoning Board - Regular Meeting

OK, we can call the meeting to order. Member Aloy? Here. Member Doris Gonzalez? Here. Member Levait? Vice Chairman Goldich? Here. Chairwoman Linda Gonzalez?

Here.

Alternate Member Jones?

Here.

Alternate Member Zacharias? We have a quorum.

OK, we did the roll call. Now we have to select chair and vice chair.

I'm going to do that now. I'll make a motion to retain Linda Gonzalez as chair.

I need a second. I'll second that. All those in favor? Aye. I make a motion that member Goldish be our vice chair. I'll second. All those in favor? Aye. Okay, that's done. Sunshine refresher, we're gonna skip till next meeting because we have a long agenda. I need approval of the minutes from June 11th. Motion to approve. I'll second. Do I have a second?

I'll second.

Okay, motion made by Doris Gonzalez, seconded by Mr. Beloyed. All those in favor? Aye. New business, public hearing items, zoning code text amendment, mixed use development, AM 2026001. Are there any members of the public that would like to address this item?

Ah, okay. Now I'm on. My name is Barbara Hall. I'm an attorney with the law firm of Greenberg Tauric. And I'm here tonight recommending that you consider an amendment to the city's code for the mixed-use district. And I would first like to explain why I think The amendment is a good thing for the city as a whole. And then explain my particular reason for advocating it.

OK. So let's see.

OK. This is the particular section of the code right now. It requires a minimum of 25 acres. Under certain circumstances, it can be less than 25 acres. And I'm just recommending that we change it to be 10 acres. Understanding that for someone to have a mixed use district, they would have to come to you and get a zoning approval for a mixed use district. And as a planned district, they would have criteria requirements, design criteria, improvements required with it. So you would have a full opportunity when any project comes before you to consider it and condition it. Nothing about that changes except that now a parcel of 10 acres could ask for that.

Oh, I'm going the wrong way.

OK. There is currently no planned option for someone to come before you and request a mixed use district. They fall between 10 acres and 25. You have the plans and I'll do that now.

I'm sorry.

I keep going in the wrong direction.

You're still going?

Okay. Right now, there are very few properties left in the district that could use mixed use, because 25 acres is a very large parcel, given the land areas that are left. Also, a mixed use district is an ideal district for the redevelopment of your older shopping centers, because you can come up with planned criteria that allow you to address the unique features of these older shopping centers that often can't be addressed by standard zoning. I keep forgetting whether I go. This kind of mixed-use district and availability to a variety of properties in the city is a common planning tool, actually, throughout Broward County. And we gave you some examples. In Miramar, they only require three. Plantation has no minimum acreage for a mixed-use district. And Fort Lauderdale has rack. districts, and all of those districts have no minimum size. So having just 0 to 10 and 25 and above isn't really consistent with planning that's being done. And I keep going backwards. The reason my client is interested in this is that they own property. on 145th Avenue, and this would facilitate the redevelopment of that site to allow residential use. This is the property, and I'll just explain the situation to you. an office building on the north and an office building on the south. Originally, these two office buildings were part of a planned commercial development. The office building to the south was zoned into a mixed-use district. that includes the Baptist Health Facility and another residential development to the south. My client has now acquired the office building to the south. And in order to redevelop what you see as a massive parking lot, that's not attractive along 145th Avenue and is essentially a heat island, we would need to bring the office building on the south into our NXT. Where the residential would eventually be is in the middle. It straddles both of those parcels. So there's no way to leave the office building to the south and the property that's part of that in the current MXD. We have to move it into ours. And if we do that, the other MXD will be less than 25 acres. And so they would be harmed. By this amendment, both of our parcels will meet the minimum requirement. Now, this is not a vote here tonight, of course, on whether you want the MXD that I will be bringing to you. It's a vote only on the amendment. And regardless of our situation, I believe this amendment makes sense for the city. I think the staff is in support of it for exactly that reason. They see more redevelopment coming in the city and giving them a tool that they can work with for the properties that fall between 10 acres and 25 acres. That concludes my presentation. If you have any questions.

CHRISTIE WOODARD- Member Lloyd, do you have any questions or comments? No, ma'am. CHRISTIE WOODARD- Vice Chair Bulovich?

The only thing I'm going to say is, so initially what this is going to do is close that gap between the 10 and 25. So there's no problem for redevelopment or whatever. Now it's going to be 10 instead of, the minimum would be 10 instead of 25. CHRISTIE WOODARD- Right. Which is fine. That's fine.

And this wouldn't be a one-time request. This is a request to change the law so that any other developer can have that minimum acreage.

Absolutely.

Member Jones, do you have any questions?

No, but I did, looking around Broward County, quite a number of cities had five acres as their

minimum for both for both classes mm-hmm yeah so I think so it's not part of this what you're asking for but I'm sure this residential aspect of this right and there is a very it's a very very busy road so I know you'll be having to make some kind of traffic considerations

Yes, and we've talked with the staff about being willing to do traffic improvements. They have suggested to us there are improvements up at Pembroke Road that need to be made, and my client has said that they're happy to participate as necessary.

Staff has also talked about connecting parking area so that people don't have to go out onto 145th, for instance, to get to Pembroke Gardens Park.

There will be internal connections still between those between our parcel and the property to the south because those are there by easements regardless of the fact that they may be in two different districts.

Madam Chair, I just want to caution. Tonight is not the site plan that will be in front of you. We haven't even seen their site at this particular point. I know that. I understand. I just want to be very careful with that.

And I know this is outside the purview of what we're deciding in the board right now, but how many units would you be thinking about? She's not going to tell you.

It's 273.

Good. Thank you for answering that.

Yeah. Any other questions?

That we're not talking about. Right.

Understand. OK.

I'm sorry. One at a time. And you need to use the microphones when you're speaking. Do I have a motion?

I'd like to make a motion to send it to the City Commission to have a change.

Do I have a second?

I'll second.

First by Member Goldich, second by Member Doris Gonzalez. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Nay. Motion passes one, two, three, four to one.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thanks. And now I'd like to take two items out of order, because we have a large number of children in the audience. We will hear them together, but we have to vote on them separately, number eight and number 10.

I'm sorry. Can I just ask, who said nay on the last? I wasn't clear. Who said nay? What? You said nay? Oh, OK. I'm just trying to remember a lawyer.

OK.

I couldn't tell who.

And for the chair, before we start these items, we need to have everyone who's going to speak on any of the quasi items tonight stand so that they can be sworn in.

Our attorney will.

So anyone who plans on speaking, whether you end up speaking or not, if you plan on speaking, please stand and be sworn in. Thank you.

All right, everyone's already raising their right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the statements you will give tonight will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

All right, thanks.

Good evening, Madam Chair, members of the board and city staff. My name is Jeffrey Rodriguez, and I'm speaking on behalf of Mindset Connect. for their application concerning the property located at 1700 Northwest 98th Avenue. This property is owned by Faith Presbyterian Church and is operated under a DBA of Hope Community Church. Mindset Connect proposes to establish a structured faith-based homeschool support program on the existing church campus. The program will serve students from kindergarten through 12th grade of varying learning abilities with a maximum enrollment of 120 students. Mindset Connect is requesting approval of three related items. Item number eight is a variance from the four acre minimum lot size requirement for this use. And item 10 is a special exception permitting K through 12 educational facility on the site and the corresponding site plan approval. As part of their application, there are no new buildings being proposed, nor any expansion of the existing buildings on the footprint of the property. Mindset Connect will use the existing classrooms, parking areas, and facilities on the site, which the church and or previous tenants have used as preschool or daycare programming for over 41 years. Students of Mind Second Ed will be transported to the school by their parents or guardians. There will be no bus transportation. And given the homeschool support structure of the program, drop off and pick up times are varied as and when the students feel they need the support. Although the code generally requires the four acres for this use, this property contains approximately two and a half acres and The site already has the facilities, parking, and circulation necessary to accommodate the program. Importantly, the applicant is not seeking relief from any operational or safety requirements required by the code and will be installing the required eight-foot fence along the canal adjacent to the property. This application satisfies the applicable criteria for the approval of the variance, special exception, and site plan approval, as the property can safely and adequately accommodate the proposed programming, and the requested approvals are consistent with the historical use of this property. For the reasons presented in the application and consistent with the city staff's recommendation for approval, we request that the board approve the variance, special exception, and site plan subject to the conditions recommended by staff. Thank you for your time. We also have several parents here to speak in support of the item and let you know how important Mindset Program has been for their child's development.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening. My name is Natalie Perez, and it's an honor to speak to you today about Mindset Connect. But first, I'd like to share a little bit about myself so you know the heart behind the words. I'm a certified Florida educator with almost 10 years of experience serving children in our community, along with another five years in nonprofit management and community engagement. During my time in public education, I've had the opportunity to see many students thrive. But I've also seen students struggle with a system that simply was not designed around the way that they learn best. The truth is, no single educational system will work for every child. Parents know their children, and they should have the ability to advocate for and choose an educational environment where their child can succeed. This is one of the reasons that I love Mindset Connect. At Mindset Connect, education looks different because our children are different. Their passions, abilities, strengths, challenges, and individual needs are at the forefront of the educational experience that can be tailored to them. Our flexibility allows families to create an educational plan that works for their child. For one student, that may mean they come just for the week. For another, it may mean coming to Mindset for specific academic subjects, electives, enrichment opportunities, social connection, or additional support. We are not asking every child to fit into the same box or follow the exact same path. Instead, we meet families where they are and work alongside parents to provide the resources, relationships, and educational opportunities their children need. Our flexibility is intentional. It allows us to create an educational experience around each child rather than asking the child to fit a predetermined model. Mindset Connect provides families with something that is increasingly important in education, choice. The choice to personalize, the choice to adapt, the choice to seek additional support when needed, and most importantly, the choice to place the needs of the individual child at the center of their education. For many of our families, Mindset Connect is not simply a building they come to. It's a community, a place where their child can learn differently, grow confidently, and build meaningful relationships and discover that education can be any place and a place where they belong. So as you consider Mindset Connect and our ability to serve families at this location, I hope that you will see that a program is not just within those walls, but that the children and the families who depend on the flexibility, community, and opportunities that Mindset provides. Thank you for your time and allowing me to share a little bit about Mindset Connect. Thanks.

Thank you.

Did you guys have any questions? We can keep bringing up parents.

Do you have any questions, comments, questions? Oh, did you have one?

Well, not so much a question. I actually am very familiar with the school. I live right down the street from Faith Church. I've been living here for 39 years or so. I'm actually glad. You guys, there's been a school there, as far as I can remember, there hasn't been a problem with traffic. It's got its own traffic light. I'm actually glad you guys are finally starting to use it again. I think it would be a big help. help to the community, I guess you want to call it.

Yeah, just a question. So just to clarify, not every student is homeschooled, right? It's whatever they need. So it could be if they need a week, if they need a day, they may never need to go to the facility. Is that correct?

Correct. They're all homeschooled, but they come to the facility as and when they feel they need it. Got it. For extra tutoring. our assistance.

And currently today, it used to be as?

It's been a daycare previously and some other programming. But right now? Right now, no. Okay. We're going through, we have to go through some permitting processes for the life safety, but we're gonna comply with all of that as well.

Okay, thank you. Member Jones, do you have any questions? No, I don't. Okay, do you have anything else you want to add?

No, that was it.

Do I have a motion? Number eight is a variance, so you have to pick a reason.

OK, well, let's see. ABC, right?

Like to make the motion to approve the variance Agenda number a TV 202 6006 Under see granting variance is not incompatible with public policy won't will not adversely affect Any adjacent property owners and that circumstances which cost special conditions are peculiar to the subject property also, I might add that Again, the property is only 2 1⁄2 acres, and there's no way they could make it any bigger because there's a lake right there and other housing.

I'll second. Do I have a second? I'll second. Seconded by Member Aloy. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion passes. Wait, wait, don't go anywhere. We still have to do 10. Oh, that's right. Okay, one down, one to go.

Item 10 has two parts. It's a special exception, as well as a site plan approval.

We do have a letter from Kimberly Evans, who doesn't feel the site plan variances could cause an extreme increase in traffic if granted, and therefore she opposes it. But I don't think it's going to be extreme traffic, right?

No.

She mentioned, there's a mention of as much traffic as the Posnick School on Sterling.

She may have seen a K through 12 and thought there was going to be students there constantly, but that's not the way the program works.

Are there any church activities during the day that would interfere with the parking?

Not during the weekday, no. They have their own weekend church activities.

All right, we have a motion. I need a second.

Do we have a motion, number 10?

Didn't you make a motion? No. I thought you did. No, number 10. Let's have a motion.

Okay. I'll make a motion that we approve item number 10 as it sits for the site plan with the conditions stated, which is SB2026-008. Do we need a letter number on that, too, or no? No, right? That's just for the site plan. Okay. So I second.

I'll second this motion. Second by Doris Gonzalez. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. Now you're set.

Okay, we're to our regular agenda. Number two.

SP 93-43, MSC 2012-12.

Applebee's, Pembroke Pines.

THAT'S A CONSENT, RIGHT? ARE WE PULLING? NUMBER TWO. WE'RE PULLING NUMBER TWO?

THE REST ARE REMAINING?

GOOD EVENING. THERE'S THREE CONSENT AGENDAS.

We're doing the consent agenda items now?

Yes. OK. All right. Good evening. My name is Lucas Naranjo. I'm here on behalf of Trademark Signs, LLC. We were contracted by the owner of Applebee's to do a refresh on the restaurant. They are replacing a couple of their signs on the exterior, painting the exterior of the building, as well as changing the fabric on the awnings to a separate color. All of the signs that are being replaced are already in locations of existing signs. There is not a major change to the square footage or the size of any of the signs. It's mostly just a refresh to make the restaurant a little more modern. Other than that, I don't really have much more to say. I think you guys have a copy of the plans in front of you. Just to keep it short and sweet minutes.

I'm sorry madam madam chair. This is the consent agenda So if you guys want to vote on the consent agenda itself where you want to pull some items you certainly can do so otherwise To you I have a motion to accept I'll make a motion to accept all three consent agenda.

I'm two three and four and I'll second I

Motion made by Vice Chair Goldich, seconded by Member Alloy. All those in favor? Aye. Motion passes unanimously. Short and sweet. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Just to clarify for anybody, anybody here was here for item number two, three, or four, you were approved. I mean, you can stay. I like it.

We're efficient.

We made quick work of that, didn't we? So we're up to 5 and 7. MSC 2024-0019, SN 93-26, and SP 92-34, Dutch Brothers Coffee.

Hm?

0-0-3. 0-2-6-0-0-3.

It used to be down here. I'm going to put it up there. Yeah, because they kept it behind school.

It was 85-7-9. Yeah, I was realizing that's where it used to be.

Oh, yeah. 85-7-9, yeah. All right, gotcha.

Good evening, Chairman Gonzales, members, Craig McDonald with Corporate Property Services on behalf of Dutch Brothers Coffee. We've got three items on here. I assume we should probably do the presentation raw and then you've got to vote on them individually. Is that OK with everyone? OK, good. All right, so this is the Dutch Brothers, 85, proposed Dutch Brothers, 8579 Pine Boulevard. This is the abandoned checkers that's there in rundown checkers right now. So we're requesting three variances. They're going to propose to demolish the existing abandoned Checkers restaurant with a drive-through and construct a new 986 square foot coffee restaurant featuring a side-by-side drive-through. We're requesting a variance to reduce the setback of the required 30 foot side setback along Northwest 86 Ave to by now the trash enclosure. So it would be a 21 foot setback there. We're also requesting a variance to reduce the minimum floor area required as 1,500 square feet to 986 square feet. And the third variance, we're requesting a variance to reduce the required 40-foot Pines Boulevard corridor landscape buffer to 20.6 feet or 21 feet. Here's the aerial. We're right on the northeast corner here of Pines and Northwest 86th Avenue. Right next to us is the Chipotle. And then the shopping center is to go further east.

All right, here's the kind of the site plan laid out.

I know that's down the road, but this kind of gives you an idea of what we're talking about here. In the center, you've got the coffee building. We've got a side-by-side drive-through and then a bypass lane that all circulate in front of the building and back out. We've got parking adjacent to the building. And in the rear, we've got employee parking back there and then the trash enclosures located in the rear back there. I'll run you guys through each of the variances real briefly and then answer any questions you might have. So for the per section 155.431C, a 30-foot side setback is required adjacent to Northwest 86th Avenue and Dutch Brothers is proposing a 21-foot setback for the trash enclosure. The site's irregular with an extremely small width of 114 feet, as you can see here. So there's not a lot of width to the property. In order to locate the trash enclosure away from the intersection of Pines Boulevard and Northwest 86th Avenue, Dutch Brothers has located the trash enclosure at the rear of the property, adjacent to the employee parking. In order to provide both the dumpster and employee parking, a 21-foot setback is the largest setback possible to achieve both. The hardship is not self-imposed, but a function of the narrow parcel width. The grand variance will not be incompatible with public policy and will not adversely affect the adjacent property owners while allowing employees to park and safely access the restaurant. There's a pedestrian path that leads to the dumpster for employees taking out trash, as well as people parking back there so they can safely access. The trash enclosure will be surrounded by hedging material, which will eventually conceal the dumpster walls from Northwest 86th Avenue, and the nine-foot setback variance request will not even be noticeable. With the dumpster located outside of the drive-thru compared to where it is today for checkers, the trash company has to get into the drive-thru depending on when they access it. So Dutch Brothers will improve the operational efficiency for the trash pickup while allowing employees to park on site and safely access the restaurant. The minimum floor variance is the next one per section 155.611C. 1,500 square feet is required in the zoning district, and Dutch Brothers is providing 986 square feet. The site's irregular with an extremely small width of 114 feet. In order to provide the side-by-side drive-through, the bypass lane, the restaurant building, and the walk-up canopy, the minimum floor area of 1,500 square feet cannot be achieved due to the narrow width of the site. The hardship's not self-imposed, but a function of the parcel size. The grant of variance will not be incompatible with the public policy and will not adversely affect adjacent property owners and will allow the small, irregular infill site to be positively redeveloped and eliminate the current eyesore. The third and last variance is the buffer variance along Pines Boulevard. Per Section 155.633, a 40-foot landscape buffer is required adjacent to Pines Boulevard and Dutch Brothers proposing 21 feet. Again, the site's irregular with a small width of 114 feet. In order to provide the side-by-side and adequate queuing and staffing to accommodate Dust Brothers customers, as well as to provide a bypass lane, which is convenient afforded to the customers to leave at the site after receiving their order while others are waiting, the width of the landscape buffer has been reduced. The hardship's not in self-imposed, but a function of the narrow parcel. Currently, if you've been out there at this site, We're going to provide, as you can see, and you'll see that in the site plan, but plenty of stacking. They're pretty busy here, but right now that checker says from the inside menu board, three cars stacking, where five's required by code, and the outside only has one. So we're going to be more than satisfied with those requirements. The granting of the middle variance will not be incompatible with public policy and will not adversely affect the adjacent property owners while providing improved operational efficiency, convenience, and safety for its customers, employees, as well as Chipotle's customers next door because the queuing won't spill out into the dry valve that they both share because it's very narrow out there. On the proposed 21-foot landscape buffer, we'll meter exceed the code required landscaping that will be placed in the 40-foot landscape buffer. Also, if you go to the parcels immediately adjacent to the east, they've got about 29 to 30 feet, so they're not providing 40 either. So we're close, but we're about seven to eight feet shy of those folks. The safe site efficiency achieved by the proposed site plan far exceeds the impact of the decreased right-of-way landscape buffer. And in closing, the variance requests are minimum necessary to redevelop the infill site, infill abandoned site. The variance requests are consistent with the authority and purpose of the code as it provides the ability for a code deviation, which will address the evolving need for restaurants to provide the greatest efficiency and safe site circulation for its customers and the residents of Pembroke Pines. The variance approval will have a positive effect on the community and the surrounding businesses and will eliminate a vacant eyesore of a site. The improved operational efficiency gained by the proposed site plan will have a positive impact on Dutch Brothers customers as well as the community. And finally, the approval of the variance will foster the infill site development of a small parcel and bring a new vibrant look to the property and surrounding parcels and roadways. With that, I'd be happy to answer any questions you all might have.

Can you go over the ingress and egress points?

Yeah, so if you see on here, obviously we used to the north of us behind the top of the site plan right there. That's the main access into and out of the shopping center for Northwest 86th Avenue. You come in and you head to the south. There's a shared driveway between Chipotle and the proposed Dutch Brothers. In the middle, you see kind of the middle island there. That's where there's two lanes that you can go enter into and place your orders. We meet the minimum required, I think five or six from each one back. And then somewhere to come Chick-fil-A, they have people taking your orders out there. And then as your coffee or if you have a smaller item, not as complex, they bring you yours. We're providing a bypass so those folks can get around the cars that are waiting, exit the site conveniently. But when you do this and you provide the proper staffing and everything, that checkers building doesn't. It has to slide forward on the site plan to make it all happen, which is why we're reducing the landscape buffer up front a little bit.

I do have an issue with the landscape buffer. So you said the adjacent business has 30 feet of landscape buffer?

Yeah, we're proposing 29. They've got 30 next to us.

29 or 20.6?

We're providing 21, 20.6. Okay.

The one that's there now has 30. And that was approved.

Right, but that one doesn't meet the queuing standards for today's code. So that building, that's what I'm saying, the building where it is today has to slide forward in order to get the cars properly stacked in the lane. You can't, you can't, you can't.

So that parking lot area where the vehicles are going to be closer to Pines by you reducing the landscape buffer.

I'm sorry?

The area where the vehicles are going to be coming and be the customers, you're going to have more, I guess, roadway towards Pines Boulevard. In other words, that property where it's gonna be, where the service is gonna be, is gonna be closer to Pines Boulevard.

It has to in order to meet the queuing for drive-through that's required today by code. Like I said, they do not meet it today with the checkers. Right now, in the inside lane, I'm sorry, the outside lane, there's three cars that can stack from that menu board. The inside lane, there's only one. You're supposed to have five cars from each one. So in order to achieve that, they would have to slide that building board, as we're doing also in order to

But what was the landscape buffer that was there for the checkers? Was it in the 40 that's required?

I don't know what it was exactly. But I don't think it was 40. No.

I'm not 100% sure, but I would say I think it's a little less than 40 was. Okay.

It lined up with the ones next door to us, because when you come out of our drive-thru in that U right there, you can turn right to go towards the east in the shopping center, and we walked out of that. They've only got 30 out there today.

Yeah. This shopping center was developed many years ago, probably before the buffer yard requirements came into effect.

Does the establishment?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm just trying to figure out, you're proposing to reduce it from where it, okay, Because you have 40 feet landscape buffer to reduce it to the 20.6.

That's a concern. It's about 30 out there today.

The establishment is for both drive-thru and does it accommodate people to drink their coffee inside?

So there's no indoor restaurant as part of this, but there is a walk-up with a canopy over it. So if you place an online order or if you just want to park and walk up and not wait in the drive-thru, you can walk up and grab your coffee. There'll be tables underneath the outside, but there's no indoor dining.

And that's what those parking spaces are for?

Yeah, the parking spaces are there.

I want to point out that if this was like a new application, a new piece of land, it wouldn't meet code. But Checkers was there for many years, and they have to adjust the site to fit the building and the drive-thru. So that's why there's only 20-something feet between them and Pines Boulevard. It's not because they're trying to. get away with something.

No, normally a site like this, I could meet the buffer because it'd be twice as wide. So your stack could come up and it would come out here without ending the drive aisle. But in order to meet the code, you have to slide that building forward. And that's where Checkard does it today.

Because of the drive-in, drive-out lanes.

Yeah, and it's such an eyesore. This is going to be a beautiful, nice.

It's actually Kind of funny that it came up because my wife and I were at Lowe's right down the street turns there the other day on Sunday and I drove by and we were looking at checkers and I even said to her I said, you know we talked about there's like two years ago here and I said The next day I get Anyway, but I do have a question Your egress for the cars after pickup familiar with Culver's Culver's, you go there, they have two lanes exiting. Both lanes exit out into the parking lot. It looks like you only have, actually, it merges down into one lane.

It does merge down into one lane, yep.

So I'm sorry I keep using Culver's. But sitting at Culver's, and I've been in their line.

My wife loves it.

But I've been in their line. And the problem there is that both their lines are service lines. And same kind of thing. They bring the food out if you don't get it right away. But if the guy in front of you is still waiting, and you're trying to get out, you can't. That's why we're providing a bypass.

So we have two that merge into one, but then there's a lane outside where they merge so that if you were to get your coffee to a third car back, if there are two orders in front of you, or complex, or a lot of coffee, a lot of food, you can swim around the bypass and bypass. Bypass isn't required by your code. It's just providing. We feel like it's good for the customer, so they don't all have to.

And then the other question I had is on the back side,

fire department access, but I guess you can, I mean, I know the ladder would fit over, reach over and... Yeah, fire's not probably going to end up circling the site, and I don't think it could today either, because they need the turning radius and the minimum of 20 feet, so the drive aisles aren't that...

Certainly not the south end of it, certainly not, but...

Yeah, it's so narrow. This site is so narrow. It's not even 100 feet. It's less than that. So they'd be able to park in the drive-by or from Pines or from Northwest 86th Avenue and have easy access to the building. Okay.

Member Doris Gonzalez, do you have any questions? No. Member Joe, do you have any questions?

Maybe just one. Do you expect the impact? I imagine throughout the day, it's the number of people and cars going in are kind of steady. But in the morning, do you have any impact studies as far as the numbers that you're expecting?

We didn't really do that for here. We've got our site plan application in right now, but that can't move forward. That'll come back before you guys. I'll be back here again. To do that, okay. Yes, ma'am. And you'll see the queuing and all that good stuff. Oh, okay.

And the signage and all of that stuff.

Yeah, absolutely. The signage package is included in there, all the site engineering, fire issues, zoning.

Yeah, I just wanted to be sure that this would accommodate that, you know, a larger influx at one time of the day.

Oh, the queuing for us right now and the car number of cars, especially in the morning around lunchtime. Evening, obviously, coffee stores aren't quite as busy. But those are time of peak hours, especially the morning time. I'll put a graphic up when we come back for site plan. You'll see exactly how many cars are in here. So they can hold it. We're able to.

I have to correct the application ID. It used to be on the left in the middle. And now you guys have it on the right on the top. So this is really ZV2026-003-005. So do I have any motions here?

3, 4, 5.

3, 4, 5. 3, 4, 5.

I'm sorry, 5, 6, and 7 are all of the ones. 0, 0. 3, 0, 0, 4, and 0, 0, 5 are the variance numbers.

3, 4, 5. OK. So we have to vote on each one separately?

Yes.

Yeah.

Oh, OK.

And you have to pick a reason, right?

I'll make a motion to accept the variance on the first one, ZV2026-003A, special circumstances for the property.

Do I have a second? Seconded. Second by Doris Gonzalez, first by Vice Chair Goldstein, citing A as the reason. All those in favor? Aye. Yes.

And I'll make the motion on the 986.

Leave me alone. OK, ZV2026004.

Yeah, I make a motion to approve the 986 square feet floor area variance.

What reason? With A. A? Yeah. Do I have a second? Second. Is that a second?

Yes, second.

Motion by Member Doris Gonzales, second by Vice Chair Golditch, signing A. All those in favor? Aye. Motion passes unanimously. ZV-2026-005, the last one on the buffer width. Do I have a motion? I understand.

I'll make the motion. 2026005 from the landscape buffer, also under A.

A, OK. Do I have a second? For the record, I'm not happy. But I understand that in order for this to work, they need to move the building forward. And I will second that motion. I agree with that. Is that a second? Yes.

That would be the detailed second.

All those in favor say aye. I'm sorry. Did she say A?

Yes, yeah, all three AAA All right, so we're done with that one Thank you That was my question I was gonna ask you that yeah, we've got one round of comments so far. I think we're submitting next week September may creep up on us too quickly. So probably October. We'll see y'all. Thank you

Last but not least, SP 2026-004, Broward County Tax Collector. It must be you, because you're the only one left.

Good afternoon, everybody.

Sir, just before you leave, if you can make sure you fill out one of the forms. and give it to me before you leave. And I basically just need your name and the item number, and I'm good. I don't need the rest. Thank you.

Jose Vidal representing my client for the Tax Collector's Office. This project consists of an addition of an elevator core to service a building. The building itself right now is a four-story building We're not adding any square footage for the building other than the elevator core that we have there and a very small lobby for the entrance to the elevator, which is meant to serve people waiting for, you know, either going to the tax collector or the Department of Motor Vehicles. This is a project of the existing building here. And the scope, as you can see, all we're doing is a very small addition in this area. which basically consists of the elevator core and then a little lobby to receive the people going into the building. This is the existing condition of the building and the main purpose of the new elevator core is because our client is leasing two levels right now to other tenants as well as parts of the third and fourth level. So what they're trying to do is minimize the disruption to any users that are already there and that don't have to do anything with the tenants that are going to occupy a portion of the third and fourth floor. And it's meant to alleviate, you know, the unnecessary interaction between existing tenants and the new ones. and also to provide very good ease of, you know, overflow to people that are just going to the tax collector's office. So the area where we're looking at putting the elevator is actually on the rear of the building, and the reason for that location is because the entire east side of the building is the parking area that's going to be allocated for the users of the tax collector's office. whereas on the east side of the property, the front and part of the rear is for the existing tenants. The proposed building, the addition, is basically taking place in this area here, where we have a small lobby. Again, it's meant to have people have really good guidance into the space, so they can really easily identify where they're meant to go into the building. And then the elevator core is basically a What we're providing here is, again, this is the lobby area, very small. The entire footprint of the, including the elevator core as well as the lobby, is 269 square feet. We have all the parking that we need. In addition to that, our client has a, an agreement with the Lot to the South, which is a community church where they use the parking during weekdays if necessary. But again, there's plenty of parking spaces based on the requirements that we have. We're really not adding any users because the use is the same. It's just a convenience of that elevator for the project. This is just a couple of shots we added for the presentation. Again, this is the lobby intended to capture people's attentions going there. And then the signage that we have for the building is we deleted all the pylon signs and everything from our thing. So in essence, what we did is In essence, what we did is the only signs on the building is the tax collector's logo here, which were within the square footage permitted. And that's the extent of what we're doing for the project. If you have any questions.

Is this the former Clear's headquarters?

Yes, it is.

Just wanted to.

We're getting rid of the sign now.

Member Lloyd, do you have any questions? No questions. Vice Chair Goldich?

So just a couple on, so the back, it's going to be on the back side. Is that going to affect the parking at all? Are you going to have to be taking parking spaces away? Because the back side of that building is a very small parking area as it stands now. Also, you have two other elevators that are still service all four floors. So, I mean, how is the public going to know that you'd go around to the back of the building? Or are they going to go around the back of the building to use that dedicated elevator versus just using the front one anyway. I mean, personally, if I was to go to that building, and I have been in that building, I would just park out in front and use that elevator to go to the third or fourth floor, the front elevator, the north elevators.

Yes. The main guidance here is that the parkings are allocated assigned to the users of basically all of the tenants other than the portion of the third and fourth floor. So you have assigned parking, you know, labeled for each suite and so on. That being said, the Tax Collector's Office, they have gone to great lengths about informing the community where they are, they have plans for, Whereas before it would take a really long time to schedule meetings and to get served and everything, now they have a lot of websites that are directing people and so on. Initially we wanted to have a little monument sign, but at the time the clear sign hadn't been taken out yet. So again, initially we had a very small sign along the front of the property. which is not there. It's not projected to be there now because of the limitations of the signs that we have. But we were addressing that question before by creating a very small monument sign in this portion of the building. But again, for your questions, this is assigned parking here. And then all the parking here is going to be on the east side of the property. On the back there's going to be shared parking because there's plenty of parking for for the use I'm not I'm just sorry.

I'm just not getting the need for the third elevator when there's two to there that service all four floors, but I

The reason for that is because the projected number of users for the collector's office, it ranges. It could be less. It's an average of like 300 per day. So they're not going to be there a very long time if we're able to guide them. And that's precisely what we're trying to do. We're trying to, since there's a lot of users coming up and down, to not have to go through the front of the building, so they don't have to use a lot of the areas, the common areas in front of the building. Also, there's going to be a dedicated security guard, which is part of the deal with the Broward Collector's Office, guiding people for the property. So that's part of their agreement, that there's going to be people guarding the property, so it's going to be extremely safe. And the main reason to answer your question is that we have Again, it's the number of users. It's not that they're going to be there a long time, because a lot of implementations have happened where you get a driver's license much quicker, you see your taxes much quicker. They've done a great job with that. But it's just, again, to prevent the commingling of people that are their own use, and also to basically, by the creation of the lobby here, which we agreed to do for our client, on behalf of the Broward County's collector's office, is that people are being cued. First, they have a little lobby. They understand where they're going. And then they hoist it away to the third and fourth level. So right now, this elevator doesn't stop at the second. I'm sorry, at either the first or the second floor. It doesn't have a connector. And it's intended, basically, to help the flow really quick with the users.

Thank you. Member George-Gonzalez, do you have any questions, comments? Member Jones, any questions? Yeah.

So is this to accommodate conducting business with the public regarding all kinds of county taxes, or just in particular?

Is a the the it serves two purposes the DMV the Department of Motor Vehicles for your licenses something that a and also for any tax related You know property deeds or whatever is the uses that we have on the third and fourth level are basically those two services is That's the extent of the of the uses so you want to put a DMV office in that office building and It is.

Is what you're doing. Because that's kind of like a sleepy area. It's not used to that kind of... How long has it been there?

It's on the permanent right now under a different architectural firm. They already have the lease going with all of the uses in there and so on. That's not part of our scope of work. Our firm was engaged for the elevator, basically. Okay.

Currently, you have to go to the plantation office, which is, from here, is putting along roads with lots of lights. It takes you forever.

It's amazing, because typically, when we go to get our licenses, you dread it. The other day, I come by in 10 minutes.

I'm going to be happy that you're going to be close by.

Yeah, they've really done a great job at implementing a lot of systems where you get in, you get queued. As an example, you know, I went into for my driver's license and I saw 200 people and I said I might as well cancel my week. I was actually directed to a queuing system where they give you a number. And the other thing is the collector's office is doing great service as far as communicating with people. When you go somewhere, you're lost. You don't know what department you really need to go to, et cetera. They have people that are staffs that will help you. and tell you this, get your queue number here, then they direct you over. At the end of the day, I was able to resolve my traffic issue within like 10 minutes, which is like, you know, you don't dread it anymore. And part of those services that we're implementing is things like this. The way you process people, the movement, and, you know, they don't rate strides in improving the system.

Thank you.

Any other questions? I'll make the motion. I'll make the motion. Motion made by Member Aloy. Do we have a second?

Second.

Did you say second? I'll second. First by Member Aloy, second by Vice Chair Goldish. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Welcome to Pembroke Pines. Thank you so much for your time.

And I want to thank the staff. They have been amazing to work with. Joseph, Cole, everybody in the staff has been amazing to work with here. First time I work in Pembroke Pines, by the way. Thank you. Thank you, sir.

Thank you. Items at the request of the board, we need to excuse Member Levait and alternate member Zacharias. A motion to excuse. I'll second.

Well, I have a question, actually. Did Member Zacharias call anybody and say he wasn't going to be here? Is he still interested in being on the board?

Yeah, I made a motion to excuse.

Motion made by Doris Gonzalez. Do I have a second?

Yeah, Aloy second. Aloy second. Aloy. Thank you, Member Aloy.

All those in favor? Aye. Aye. OK, I move the request of staff.

Nothing from us. I think the next meeting's September 10th.

Nothing? No members. September 10 public okay, the meeting is adjourned at 728. Thank you very much