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Wellington Council Meeting April 10, 2012 Page 154 of 384
maximum of 79,480 square feet of retail furniture sales showroom/design center and a
maximum of 17,400 square feet of related warehouse storage space to a proposed 1,200
student private school for grades k–8 totaling 75,000 square feet and a 15,000 square feet
day care center. The proposed change will decrease the approved total square footage by
6,880 square feet. This request to change site specific conditions of approval will not
change the property’s Future Land Use Map (FLUM) designation of Community
Commercial but only the previously approved uses and designated square footages. The
Wellington Future Land Use Map will only be amended to include an adopted date and
ordinance number for the Wellington Charter School project.
The original approved FLUM designation was subject to a condition that limited the
use/square footages of the site and would require approval from Wellington Council if the
use or square footage is changed. The approved FLUM designation (Community
Commercial) remains consistent with the Comprehensive Plan as stated originally in the
findings when Ordinance No. 2008-03 was originally approved. Staff has concluded this
request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and will have minimal traffic impact on
the existing surrounding properties.
Staff notes that ordinances approving FLUM designations would normally not include
conditions that limit the use of the site; however the Planning Zoning and Adjustment
Board (PZAB) requested the use limitations on this FLUM and the subsequent rezoning
ordinances for Wellington Design Center in order to address concerns from residents of
the surrounding neighborhoods and potential traffic to State Road 7/ US 441.
The proposed principal access to the site will from a proposed E-1 canal crossing to State
Road 7/ US 441 with a second access across the property to the south in accordance with
the Transportation Element inter-connectivity Policy 1.1.19 between parcels along the
State Road 7 corridor. A Drainage and Cross Access Easement Agreement (OR Book
22406 / Pages 663 to 670) has already been executed between these adjacent parcels. A
Master Plan Amendment will be required for this site to amend the previously approved
uses, site design and designated square footages. A concurrency equivalency
determination and more detailed review will also be required as part of the Master Plan
Amendment process.
The Palm Beach County (PBC) Traffic Division has reviewed and approved with conditions
the traffic impact analysis submitted for the proposed change in use and square footages
for this property. The Palm Beach County Traffic Division letter (Exhibit “C”) has their
recommend conditions to mitigate site related impacts. The traffic impact analysis was also
reviewed and accepted by Wellington’s Traffic Consultant for compliance with Traffic
Performance Standards. The Traffic Consultant’s letter (Exhibit “D”) also has
recommended conditions which staff has incorporated into the conditions of approval. The
petitioner only analyzed the equivalent of 100,000 square feet of retail use and not the
maximum intensity allowed for the Community Commercial Future Land Use Map
designation. Wellington’s Traffic Consultant recommended condition of approval was
amended from “The project shall be limited to no more than 100,000 square feet of retail
use or uses with equivalent daily trip generation” to “The project shall be limited to a use or
uses not to exceed a maximum equivalent daily trip generation of 100,000 square feet of
retail” per the March 26, 2012 letter (Exhibit “D”).
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