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PDS ORDER 2025-036
File Number: MNSP-2501-000154
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 SEAGRAPE SOLAR
GENERATION STATION, LOCATED ON 564.64 ACRES
APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF FLORIDA'S
TURNPIKE, WEST OF MINUTE MAID ROAD, IN
UNINCORPORATED ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, the St. Lucie County Planning and Development Services Director has
reviewed the application for a Minor Adjustment to an existing Minor Site Plan submitted on
behalf of Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) the comments from the Development
Review Committee on this application, and has made the following determinations:
1. The property owner, FPL, represented by Culpepper & Terpening, Inc., requested
approval of Minor Adjustment No. 1 to the previously adopted Minor Site Plan known
as the FPL Seagrape Solar Generation Station, approved by the Planning and
Development Services Director on February 23, 2024 (PDS 2024-014). The site is
located approximately one half mile north of the Florida Turnpike, west of Minute
0 Maid Road, and is more particularly described in Part B and depicted in Exhibit A.
0 2. The proposed Minor Adjustment would align the conditions found in the previously
approved FPL Seagrape Solar Generation Station Final Development Order (PDS
1- 0ba-
2024-014) with recently amended St. Lucie County Land Development Code (LDC)
LL Q o standards that changed requirements for conservation easements and Preserve
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o Area Monitoring and Management Plans (PAMMPS) for regulated Category III
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LO N o wetlands, with the revised standards now only requiring field flagging and graphic
w location identification of such wetlands, with wetland surveys not required, on Solar
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• Generation Station site development plans. Conditions protecting Category III
o wetlands are to be addressed through specific site plan approval conditions.
23168 3. The Minor Site Plan for the FPL Seagrape Solar Generation Station, as prepared by
i z W m o Culpepper & Terpening, Inc. and with a revised date of August 14, 2023, remains
2 w ir o ur 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 FPL Seagrape Solar Generation Station
Minor Adjustment to a Minor Site Plan, dated March 20, 2025.
5. FPL has demonstrated continued legal ingress and egress from the project site to a
public 37 street, said access easements and rights-of-way being recorded at O.R.
Book 39, Page 333; O.R. Book 38 39, Page 336; O.R. Book 39, Page 339; and O.R.
Book 69, Page 2, of the Public Records of St. Lucie 39 County, Florida. 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
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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 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 Seagrape 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
August 14, 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 Seagrape 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 Seagrape 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:
a. The developer shall provide an exert ted Conservation Easement
over all onsite preserve areas (i.e., wetlands and their associated
i pland buffers) along with the approved Preserve Area Monitoring
and Management Plan (PAMMP) and an attached affidavit and
the County Attorney. The applicant shall also provide a
georeferenced GIS shapefile or CAD file of the boundaficc of the
conservation easement to St. Lucie County.
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
Seagrape Solar Generation Station is located and described as follows:
A PORTION OF SECTIONS 7, 18 AND 19, TOWNSHIP 34 SOUTH, RANGE 38
EAST, ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ALSO BEING BLOCKS 8 THROUGH 14
AND A PORTION OF BLOCK 7, FLORIDA MAID CITRUS GROVE, ACCORDING
TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 13, PAGE 1, OF THE
PUBLIC RECORDS OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 34
SOUTH, RANGE 38 EAST; THENCE ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION
30, NORTH 00° 43' 27" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 177. 44 FEET TO THE
NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SUNSHINE STATE PARKWAY; THENCE
CONTINUE, NORTH 00° 43' 27" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 2, 462. 40 FEET TO THE
EAST- WEST 1/ 4 SECTION LINE; THENCE CONTINUE, NORTH 00° 43' 27"
EAST, A DISTANCE OF 2, 639. 84 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
SECTION 19; THENCE ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 19, NORTH
00° 44'47" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 5, 279. 95 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF SAID SECTION 18; THENCE ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID
SECTION 18, NORTH 00° 41' 14" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 2, 639. 16 FEET TO
THE EAST- WEST 1/ 4 SECTION LINE; THENCE ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF
SECTION 18, NORTH 00° 43' 31" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 639. 59 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 87° 46' 59" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 5,
449. 01 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 18; THENCE ALONG SAID
WEST LINE, NORTH 01° 28' 00" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 1, 996. 14 FEET TO THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 7; THENCE ALONG THE WEST LINE
OF SAID SECTION 7, NORTH 01° 20' 57" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 2547. 90 FEET
TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK 14; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTH LINE,
SOUTH 87° 39' 04" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 5, 394. 40 FEET TO THE EAST LINE
OF SAID SECTION 7; THENCE ALONG THE SAID EAST LINE, SOUTH 00° 41'
41"WEST, A DISTANCE OF 2, 536. 21 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
SAID SECTION 18; THENCE ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 18,
SOUTH 00° 43' 31" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 1996. 53 FEET TO THE PLACE AND
POINT OF BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 564.64 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
Parcel Identification Number: portion of 1206-501-0003-000-4.
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C. The approvals and authorizations granted by this Amended Development Order
shall expire 24 months after the original effective approval date of March , 2025,
unless a building permit (including site development permits) is issued, or a site plan
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 Ma/ , 2025.
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES APPROVED AS TO FORM
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA AND CORRECTNESS:
XV/14
Benjamin Balcer, AICP, Director VS, County Attorney
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