HomeMy WebLinkAbout25-023 PDS ORDER 2025-023
File Number: MNSP-2501-000150
AN ORDER OF THE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
DIRECTOR OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA, GRANTING
APPROVAL OF MINOR ADJUSTMENT NO. 1 TO THE EXISTING
MINOR SITE PLAN KNOWN AS FPL WOOD STORK SOLAR
GENERATION STATION, LOCATED ON 603.12 ACRES
APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH OF FLORIDA'S
TURNPIKE, ADJACENT TO THE OKEECHOBEE COUNTY LINE,
IN UNINCORPORATED ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, the St. Lucie County Planning and Development Services Director has
o reviewed the application for a Minor Adjustment to an existing Minor Site Plan submitted on
o behalf of Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) the comments from the Development
Review Committee on this application, and has made the following determinations:
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o M cm1. The property owner, FPL, represented by Culpepper & Terpening, Inc., requested
8 N approval of Minor Adjustment No. 1 to the previously adopted Minor Site Plan known
,r)8 as the FPL Wood Stork Solar Generation Station, approved by the Planning and
N N Development Services Director on March 15, 2024 (PDS 2024-023). The site is
Z 8 Q 8 located approximately one mile south of the Florida Turnpike adjacent to the
o Okeechobee/ St. Lucie County line, and is more particularly described in Part B and
W z depicted in Exhibit A.
=Z w 0 2. The proposed Minor Adjustment would align the conditions found in the previously
y o approved FPL Wood Stork Solar Generation Station Final Development Order (PDS
2024-023) with recently amended St. Lucie County Land Development Code (LDC)
standards that changed requirements for conservation easements and Preserve
Area Monitoring and Management Plans (PAMMPS) for regulated Category III
wetlands, with the revised standards now only requiring field flagging and graphic
location identification of such wetlands, with wetland surveys not required, on Solar
Generation Station site development plans. Conditions protecting Category III
wetlands are to be addressed through specific site plan approval conditions.
3. The Minor Site Plan for the FPL Wood Stork Solar Generation Station, as prepared
by Culpepper&Terpening, Inc. and with a revised date of October 19, 2023, remains
unchanged and in effect, subject to the revised conditions set forth in Part A of this
Order.
4. St. Lucie County Planning Staff performed an analysis of the proposed Minor
Adjustment and found it to be consistent with the LDC and St. Lucie County
Comprehensive Plan. The analysis can be found in the Planning and Development
Services Department memorandum entitled Florida Power & Light Stork Solar
Generation Station Minor Adjustment to a Minor Site Plan, dated February 28, 2025.
5. FPL has demonstrated continued legal ingress and egress from the project site to a
public street(Orange Avenue),through adjacent FPL land holdings to the south, land
that is not part of the project's specific legal description. Staff has determined that
the project design complies with LDC road accessibility requirements. In accord with
the provisions of Section 7.10.28(A)(1)(b)(7), neither St. Lucie County nor any other
governmental or public agency is responsible for the maintenance, upkeep or
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improvement of any private drives, roads, streets, easements, or rights-of-way
providing ingress and egress or drainage service to the property that is the subject
of this Amended Development Order.
6. The proposed amendments to the Final Development Order will not have an undue
adverse effect on adjacent property, the character of the neighborhood, area traffic
conditions, on-site parking needs, area utility facilities or other matters affecting
public health, safety, and general welfare.
7. The proposed amendments to the Final Development Order will be arranged and
operated so as not to interfere with the development and use of neighboring
property, in accordance with applicable district regulations.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED by the Planning and Development Services Director
of St. Lucie County, Florida:
A. Pursuant to Section 11.02.03 of the St. Lucie County Land Development Code.
Minor Adjustment No. 1 to the previously approved FPL Wood Stork Solar
Generation Station Minor Site Plan is hereby approved with no changes made to the
adopted Development Plan prepared by Culpepper & Terpening, Inc. with the
revised date of October 19, 2023, but with the following revised conditions to the
existing Final Development Order (PDS 2024-023) for this project (new language is
underlined and deleted language is stricken).
1. Planning and Development Services
a. Prior to generation of electricity from the FPL Wood Stork Solar
Energy Center, FPL shall have obtained from the St. Lucie County
Property Appraiser a unique parcel identification number for the land
area that is the subject of the FPL Wood Stork Site Plan.
b. The land that is the subject of this Site Plan does not have frontage
on a public road or a private road improved to County standards. Any
conveyance by FPL of the land or improvements upon the land to any
other party shall be accompanied by continued proof of legal ingress
and egress to the site, in accord with the provisions of the LDC.
2. Environmental Resources Department
Prior to commencement of development, as defined in LDC Section LDC
2.00.00 and including but not limited to clearing, filling, excavation, grading,
or planting of vegetation, whichever comes first, the developer shall
accomplish the following:
erk of the Court for recording fees) to
the County Attorney. The applicant shall also provide a
file or CAD file of the boundaries of the
Unless otherwise specifically approved by St. Lucie County, through
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amendment or vacation of this Order, the developer shall preserve in
place all wetlands identified for preservation as depicted on the
Project Site Plan described in Part A of this Order, including their
associated upland buffers, as depicted. Except for the removal of any
exotic vegetation and replanting with appropriate native vegetation,
vine control, removal of trash and debris or other maintenance and
monitoring activities, the following activities are specifically prohibited
in or on the on-site wetlands identified for preservation in place on the
Project site plan:
1. Construction or placing of buildings, roads, signs, billboards
or other advertising, utilities, or other structures on or above
the ground;
2. Dumping or placing of soil or other substance or material as
landfill, or dumping or placing of trash, waste, or unsightly or
offensive materials;
3. Removal or destruction of trees, shrubs, or other vegetation,
except for the removal of 36 exotic or nuisance vegetation in
accordance with the requirements of this Order.
4. Excavation, dredging, or removal of loam, peat, gravel, soil,
rock, or other material substance in such manner as to affect
the surface;
5. Surface use except for purposes that permit the land or water
area to remain in its natural or enhanced condition; and
6. Activities detrimental to drainage, flood control, water
conservation, erosion control, soil conservation, or fish and
wildlife habitat preservation including, but not limited to,
ditching. diking and fencing.
b. The developer shall provide a revised boundary survey which shall
include the limits and elevations of all jurisdictional wetlands(Wetland
1) along with the identification of the agency or agencies claiming
jurisdiction per LDC Section 11.02.09.A.
c. Paragraphs a. and b. above are modified to permit issuance of a
Vegetation Removal Permit for the clearing of citrus trees and other
non-native vegetation on the subject site prior to County receipt of the
executed conservation easement and revised survey. No clearing
pursuant to this paragraph shall encroach within 200 feet of Wetland
# 1. Prior to commencement of clearing activity, a conspicuous,
suitable protective barrier, as required by LDC Section 6.00.05.C.,
shall be placed 200 feet from Wetland 1 and inspected by ERO prior
to the issuance of the Vegetation Removal Permit or Exemption.
d. The developer shall obtain a vegetation removal permit or exemption
from the Environmental Resources Department.
e. The developer shall eradicate all Category I listed invasive plant
species from the site within 180 days of issuance of the Vegetation
Removal Permit or Exemption.
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3. Public Works Department
a. A Site Development Permit is required prior to the commencement of
site improvement activities. In accordance with the permit and Land
Development Code, the applicant shall retain the Engineer of Record
(EOR) for site inspections and final certification.
b. Access to the site shall be limited to property within ownership of FPL
or legal access easements. Improvements to the easement areas
may be required and will be reviewed at the time of Site Development
Permitting.
B. The land area on which this Minor Site Plan approval is granted for the FPL Wood
Stork Solar Generation Station is located and described as follows:
COMMENCE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 7; THENCE
NORTH 00°01'41" WEST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 7 BEING
ALSO THE WEST LINE OF THOSE LANDS DESCRIBED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS
BOOK 4519, PAGE 1033, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, A DISTANCE OF 1964.38 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE NORTH 00°01'41" WEST, CONTINUING ALONG SAID WEST LINES, A
DISTANCE OF 2,653.20 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89°41'14" EAST, A DISTANCE
OF 5,563.42 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 7 BEING
ALSO THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 8; THENCE NORTH 00°04'17" EAST,
ALONG SAID EAST AND WEST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 785.85 FEET TO THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 8; THENCE NORTH 86°24'06" EAST,
ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 8, A DISTANCE OF 1,645.40 FEET
TO A POINT ON A THE EAST LINE OF THOSE LANDS DESCRIBED IN OFFICIAL
RECORDS BOOK 4519, PAGE 1033; THENCE CONTINUE ALONG SAID EAST
LINE OF THOSE LANDS DESCRIBED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 4519,
PAGE 1033 THE FOLLOWING FIVE (5) COURSES AND DISTANCES; THENCE
SOUTH 01°30'58" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 1,420.31 FEET; THENCE SOUTH
19°06'09" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 1,060.63 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 37°55'11"
WEST, A DISTANCE OF 857.29 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 15°45'03" WEST, A
DISTANCE OF 590.68 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 08°42'30" EAST, A DISTANCE OF
1,217.10 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING SAID EAST LINES, NORTH 89°38'16"
WEST, ALONG THE APPROXIMATE CENTERLINE OF AN EXISTING CANAL, A
DISTANCE OF 4,470.42 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00°10'36" EAST, ALONG THE
APPROXIMATE CENTERLINE OF AN EXISTING CANAL, A DISTANCE OF
1,316.37 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°42'00" WEST, ALONG THE APPROXIMATE
CENTERLINE OF AN EXISTING CANAL, A DISTANCE OF 2,545.53 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 603.12 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
Parcel Identification Numbers: portions of 1107-111-0001-000-9, 1107-111-0002-
000-6, & 1108-212-0001-000-2
C. The approvals and authorizations granted by this Amended Development Order
shall expire 24 months after the original effective approval date of March 15, 2024,
unless a building permit (including site development permits) is issued, or a site plan
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extension is granted in accordance with Section 11.02.06 of the St. Lucie County LDC.
D. The applicant for Minor Site Plan approval (developer) is advised that as part of this
Amended approval it is the responsibility of the property owner(s), developer, etc.
including any successors in interest, to obtain all applicable development permits
and construction authorizations from any appropriate State, Federal, and local
regulatory agencies including, but not limited to, the United States Army Corps of
Engineers, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida
Department of Transportation, the South Florida Water Management District, and
the St. Lucie County Environmental Resources, Public Works, and Building
Departments and the St. Lucie County Fire District prior to the commencement of any
development activities on the property described in Part B. Issuance of this Amended
Administrative Development Order (Amended Order) by the County does not in any
way create any rights on the part of the developer to obtain a permit from a State or
Federal agency and does not create any liability on the part of the County for
issuance of this Amended Order if the developer fails to obtain requisite approvals
or fulfill the obligations imposed by a state or federal agency or undertake actions that
may result in a violation of state or federal law.
E. The conditions set forth in Part A are an integral, non-severable part of the site plan
approval granted by this Amended Order. If any condition set forth in Part A is
determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason and the developer declines
to comply voluntarily with that condition, the site plan approval granted by this
Amended Order shall become null and void.
F. As the development site described in Part B does not have frontage on any publicly
owned or maintained road or street right way, the applicant for Minor Site Plan
approval (developer) is advised that pursuant to the provision of section
7.10.28(A)(1)(b)(7) of the St. Lucie County Land Development Code, neither St.
Lucie County nor any other governmental or public agency is responsible for the
maintenance, upkeep or improvement of any private drives, roads, streets,
easements, or rights-of-way providing ingress and egress or drainage service to the
property that is the subject of this Development Order.
G. This Amended Order shall become effective upon the date of approval indicated
below. Should the property owner, developer or authorized agent wish to appeal any
condition described in Part A, all such appeals must be filed in writing with the County
Administrator within thirty (30) days of the rendering of this Amended Order, as
described in Section 11.02.03.B., of the St. Lucie County LDC. Should an appeal to
this Amended Order be filed, no permitting reviews or further administrative action
shall take place on the processing of this development project until the appeal is
resolved.
H. A recorded copy of this Amended Order shall be attached to the Site Plan drawings
described in Part A, which plan shall be placed on file with the St. Lucie County
Planning and Development Services Department.
This Amended Order shall be recorded in the Public Records of St. Lucie County.
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THIS ORDER is effective on the day of A 2025.
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES APPROVED AS TO FORM
ST. LUCIE COUNTY FLORIDA AND CORRECTNESS
min Balcer, AICP, Director County Attorney
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