HomeMy WebLinkAbout26-012 MICHELLE R.MILLER,CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
SAINT LUCIE COUNTY
FILE# 5613944 04/29/2026 01:10:00 PM
OR BOOK 5466 PAGE 2748-2757 Doc Type:ORDN
RECORDING: $86.50
ORDINANCE 2026-12
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. LUCIE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND
USE MAP FOR +/-159 ACRES FROM RS (RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN) AND SD
(SPECIAL DISTRICT)TO MXD (MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT)AND ESTABLISHING
MXD SPECIFIC USE SUB-AREA POLICIES TO PERMIT INDUSTRIAL AND LIMITED
COMMERCIAL USES; PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTING PROVISIONS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR
APPLICABILITY, PROVIDING FOR FILING WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
STATE, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
AND PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, based on
the testimony and evidence, including but not limited to the staff report, has made the following
determinations:
1. On January 9, 1990, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County,
Florida, adopted the St. Lucie County Comprehensive Plan.
2. The Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie as the governing body of St.
Lucie County having jurisdiction over this application pursuant to Chapter 163,
Florida Statues, is authorized and empowered to consider amendment to the
adopted Comprehensive Plan of St. Lucie County.
3. On December 18, 2025, the St. Lucie County Planning and Zoning Commission
acting as the Local Planning Agency, opened a public hearing, of which due notice
was published in the St. Lucie News Tribune, allowed all interested members
of the public to be heard, and continued the public hearing toits meeting
on January 15, 2026 .
4. On January 15, 2026, the St. Lucie County Planning and Zoning Commission acting
as the Local Planning Agency held a public hearing, of which due notice was
published in the St. Lucie News Tribune, and recommended approval of the
proposed amendment to the Board of County Commissioners.
5. On February 3, 2026, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County,
Florida held a public hearing, of which due notice was published in the St. Lucie
News Tribune and voted to approve the transmittal of the petitioned amendment to
the State Land Planning Agency within the Florida Department of Commerce.
6. On April 21, 2026, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida
held a public hearing, of which due notice was placed in the St. Lucie News Tribune
and voted to approve the amendment of the Future Land Use Map of the St. Lucie
County Comprehensive Plan.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida:
Ordinance 2026-12
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A. ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT
The Board of County Commissioners does hereby adopt the amendment to the Future
Land Use Map of the St. Lucie County Comprehensive Plan, attached herein as Exhibit
A.
B. CHANGES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The Board of County Commissioners does hereby state its intention to:
1. Amend the St. Lucie County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map to change
the future land use designation from RS (Residential Suburban) and SD (Special
District) to MXD (Mixed Use Development) on approximately 159 acres more
particularly described in the Legal Description attached herein as Exhibit B.
2. Amend the St. Lucie County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map to
establish the Pruitt Commerce Center Specific Use Activity Sub-Area policies as
set forth in Exhibit C.
C. CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
Special acts of the Florida Legislature applicable only to unincorporated areas of St.
Lucie County, County Ordinances and County Resolutions, or parts thereof, in conflict
with the Ordinance are hereby superseded by this Ordinance to the extent of such
conflict.
D. SEVERABILITY
If any portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held or declared to be unconstitutional,
inoperative or void, such holding shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
If this Ordinance or any provisions thereof shall be held to be inapplicable for any
person, property, or circumstances, such holding shall not affect its applicability to any
other person, property, or circumstances.
E. APPLICABILITY OF ORDINANCE
This Ordinance shall be applicable as stated in Paragraph A and B.
F. FILING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
The Clerk is hereby directed forthwith to send a certified copy of the Ordinance to the
Bureau of Laws, Department of State, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida, 32304.
G. FILING WITH THE STATE LAND PLANNING AGENCY
The Planning and Development Services Director shall send a certified copy of the
Ordinance to the State Land Planning Agency within Florida Commerce, 107 East Madison
Street, Caldwell Building, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4120.
H. EFFECTIVE DATE
The effective date of this plan amendment, if the amendment is not timely challenged,
shall be 31 days after the State Land Planning Agency notifies the County that the plan
amendment package is complete. If the Ordinance is challenged within thirty (30)
days after adoption, the Ordinance shall not be effective until the State Land Planning
Agency or Administration Commission respectively enters a final order finding the
adopted amendment in compliance in accordance with Section 163.3184(10), Florida
Statutes.
I. CODIFICATION
This Ordinance, upon its effective date, shall be codified by incorporating any contained
changes into the St. Lucie County Comprehensive Plan.
J. ADOPTION.
After motion and second,the vote on this ordinance was as follows:
Jamie Fowler, Chair AYE
Larry Leet, Vice-Chair AYE
James Clasby, Commissioner AYE
Erin Lowry, Commissioner AYE
Cathy Townsend, Commissioner AYE
PASSED AND DULY ENACTED this 21'day of April, 2026.
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Ordinance 2026-12
Exhibit B
Legal Description
Tract#2:
The NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 14, Township 35 South, Range 39 East, EXCEPTING therefrom
rights of way for public roads and drainage canals, said land lying and being in St. Lucie County, Florida.
(According to the St. Lucie County Property Appraiser site P.I. 2314-111-0003-000-2 O.R.B. 1961, Page
2322) Less and excepting therefrom lands conveyed by Official Records Book 5000, Page 845, Public
records, St. Lucie County, Florida.
Containing 0.92± acres
Parcel 6:
The NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 14, Township 35 South, Range 39 East, less the West 10 feet and
less the North 53 feet and a parcel of land lying in the NE 1/4 of Section 14, Township 35 South, Range
39 East, described as follows: From the 1/4 comer of the North line of said Section 14, run South 004330"
East along the 1/4 line a distance of 53.0 feet to a point on the South right of way line of canal#46 of the
North St. Lucie River Drainage District; then run North 89°49'55" East along said right of way line a
distance of 10.0 feet to the point of beginning; thence continue North 89"49' 55" East along said right of
way line a distance of 70.84 feet; thence run south 10014'55"West a distance of 366.35 feet to a point
on the East right of way line of Coolidge Road (Rock Road), said point being 10 feet perpendicular
distance from the 1/4 Section line; thence North 00043'30" West along said East right of way line a
distance of 394.5 feet to the point of beginning, St. Lucie County, Florida.
Containing 40.31± acres
Parcel T.
The E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 14, Township 35 South, Range 39 East, LESS the
North 263 feet of the South 353 feet,AND the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 14, Township 35 South,
Range 39 East, less road and canal rights-of-way.
AND
NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 14, Township 35 South, Range 39 East, LESS the West
10 feet for road right-of-way.
LESS AND EXCEPT:
A parcel of land located in Section 14, Township 35 South, Range 39 East, St. Lucie County, Florida;
said parcel being more particularly described as follows:
The North 41' feet of the South 90' feet of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 14,
Township 35 South, Range 39 East,St. Lucie County Florida, less and except the East 104'feet for canal
and road right of way.
Ordinance No.2026-12
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AND ALSO LESS AND EXCEPT:
A parcel of land located in Section 14, Township 35 South, Range 39 East, St. Lucie County, Florida;
said parcel being more particularly described as follows:
Commence at the Southeast corner of the NE 1/4 of Section 14, Township 35 South, Range 39 East;
thence S 89'44'25"W along the South line of the Northeast 1/4 a distance of 580.06'feet; thence N
00'1554"W a distance of 90.00 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence S 89°44'25'W a distance of
200.00 feet; thence N 00'15'34"W a distance of 315.00 feet; thence N 89044' 25" E a distance of
200.00'feet; thence S 00"1634" E a distance of 315.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.
AND ALSO LESS AND EXCEPT:
The North 189.44 feet of the South 542.44 feet of the East 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast
1/4 lying and being in Section 14, Township 35 South, Range 39 East, St. Lucie County, Florida.
ALSO LESS AND EXCEPT property conveyed in Official Record Book 3279, Page 2965, Public
Records of St. Lucie County, Florida, more particularly described as follows:
All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being a portion of Section 14, Township
35 South, Range 39 East, Tallahassee base median, and being in St. Lucie County, Florida. Said
lands being more particularly described as follows:
Commencing for reference at the Northeast corner of Section 14, thence, bearing South 89033'54"
West, along the North line of the Northeast quarter of said Section 14, a distance of 108.00 feet to
a point;thence, leaving said North line, bearing South 00012'47" East, a distance of 51.00 feet to a
point being the intersection of the South right of way line of the North St. Lucie River water control
district(N.S.L.R.W.C.D.) canal no. 46 and the West right of way line of N.S.L.R.W.C.D. Canal No.
40, said point being the point and place of beginning of the herein described parcel;
Thence along said West right of way line of Canal No. 40, the following three (3) courses:
1. bearing South 00012'42" East, a distance of 1,287.24 feet to a point;
2. thence, bearing North 8903707" East, a distance of 4.00 feet to a point:
3. thence, bearing South 00012'42" East, a distance of 799.38 feet to a point;
Thence, leaving said West right of way line, bearing South 89038'38"West, distance of 1,155.50
feet to a point;
Thence, bearing North 00034'58"West, a distance of 24.64 feet to a point of curvature;
Thence, along a curve concave to the West, having a radius of 1,350.00 feet, a central angle
of 17008'46";
with a chord length of 402.49 feet, and bearing North 07009'21" West;
Thence, Northerly along the arc of said curve, a distance of 404.00 feet to a point of reverse curvature;
Thence, along a curve to the right having a radius of 1,350.00 feet, a central angle of 1203417";with
a Chord length of 295.61 feet, and bearing North 11 026'36"West;
Thence Northerly along the arc, a distance of 296.21 feet to a point;
Thence, bearing North 44035'34" East, a distance of 43.75 feet to a point;
Thence, bearing North 00032'56"West, a distance of 110.43 feet to a point;
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Thence, bearing North 45024'26"West, a distance of 50.22 feet to a point;
Thence, bearing North 00034'58"West, a distance of 1,195.48 feet to a point on the South right
of way of said Canal No. 46
Thence, bearing North 89033'54" East, along said South right of way line, a distance of 1,285.01
feet to the Point of beginning.
ALSO LESS AND EXCEPT property conveyed in Deed recorded in Official Record Book 3702, Page
2561, Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida more particularly described as follows:
A portion of land lying in the Northeast One-Quarter (NE1/4) of Section 14, Township 35 South,
Range 39 East, St. Lucie County, Florida, as shown on the Florida Department of Transportation
Right of Way Map for Item/Segment No. 2302566, Section 94003-2510 and being more particularly
described as follows:
BEGIN at the point of intersection with the Westerly Existing Right of Way line of said State Road No.
713 (Kings Highway) and the Northerly Existing line for Picos Road; thence South 89043'44"West
along said Northerly Existing Right of Way line, a distance of 24.97 feet to the beginning of a tangent
curve concave Northwesterly, having a chord bearing of North 44045'42" East; thence Northeasterly
along the arc of said curve, having a radius of 25.00 feet, through a central angle of 89°56'03", an arc
distance of 39.24 feet to the end of said curve; thence South 00012'19" East along said Westerly
Existing Right of Way line, a distance of 24.97 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Containing 26.18±acres
Parcel 9:
Quad 1 B, TREASURE COAST RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PARK-CORE CAMPUS, according to
the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 68, Page 27, Public Records of Saint Lucie County, Florida.
Containing 32.36± acres
Wetland Less Out Parcel
A parcel of land in Section 14, Township 35 South, Range 39 East, St. Lucie County, Florida. Said lands
being more particularly described as follows:
Commence at the North Quarter corner of said Section 14, thence along the North -South quarter line
South 00058'32" East, a distance of 1334.03 feet to a point; thence departing said line, South 89001'28"
West, a distance of 9.06 feet to the East right-of-way line of South Rock Road, also the POINT OF
BEGINNING; thence departing said line North 89039'20" East, a distance of 687.79 feet; thence South
00034'33" East, a distance of 668.00 feet; thence South 89045'08"West, a distance of 683.03 feet to the
East right-of-way line of South Rock Road; thence along said line North 00059'10"West, a distance of
666.88 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Described parcel containing 10.50 acres more or less.
Ordinance No.2026-12
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60 ACRE TRACT
All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being a portion of Section 14, Township 35
South, Range 39 East, Tallahassee Base Meridian, and being in St. Lucie County, Florida. Said lands
being more particularly described as follows:
Commencing for reference at the Northeast corner of Section 14, thence, bearing South 89033'54"West,
along the North line of the Northeast quarter of said Section 14, a distance of 108.00 feet to a point;
thence, leaving said North line, bearing South 00012'42" East, a distance of 51.00 feet to a point being
the intersection of the South right of way line of the North St. Lucie River Water Control District
(N.S.L.R.W.C.D.) Canal No. 46 and the West right of way line of N.S.L.R.W.C.D Canal No. 40, said point
being the point and place of beginning of the herein described parcel;
Thence along said West right of way line of Canal No. 40, the following three (3) courses:
1. Bearing South 00012'42" East, a distance of 1,287.24 feet to a point;
2. Thence, bearing North 8903703" East, a distance of 4.00 feet to a point;
3. Thence, bearing South 00012'42" East, a distance of 799.38 feet to a point;
Thence, leaving said West right of way line, bearing South 89038'38" West, a distance of 1,155.50 feet
to a point; Thence, bearing North 00034'58"West, a distance of 24.64 feet to a point of curvature; Thence,
along a curve concave to the West, having a radius of 1,350.00 feet, a central angle of 17008'46"; with a
chord length of 402.49 feet, and bearing North 09009'21" West; Thence, northerly along the arc of said
curve, a distance of 404.00 feet to a point of reverse curvature; Thence, along a curve to the right having
a radius of 1,350.00 feet, a central angle of 12'34'17"; with a chord length of 295.61 feet, and bearing
North 11 026'36" West; Thence northerly along the arc, a distance of 296.21 feet to a point; Thence,
bearing North 44035'34" East, a distance of 43.75 feet to a point; Thence, bearing North 00032'56"West,
a distance of 110.43 feet to a point; Thence, bearing North 45024'26"West, a distance of 50.22 feet to a
point; Thence, bearing North 00034'58"West, a distance of 1,195.48 feet to a point on the South right of
way of said Canal No. 46 Thence, bearing North 89033'54" East, along said South right of way line, a
distance of 1,285.01 feet to the point of beginning.
The above-described premises contain an area of 2,613,600 square feet or 60.00 acres, more or less.
Subject to all easements, conditions and restrictions as contained within the chain of title.
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Ordinance 2026-12
Exhibit C
Pruitt Commerce Center Mixed Use Activity Area Plan Sub-
Area Policies
1. Intent and Uses. The Pruitt Commerce Center Mixed Use Activity Area Plan is intended for
planned non-residential development of superior quality, primarily designed to accommodate and
promote targeted industries and employment generating uses. The following policies shall govern
the Pruitt Commerce Center Mixed Use Specific Use Activity Area Plan.
2. PNRD Zoning. All development within the Pruitt Commerce Center shall be reviewed and
approved through the Planned Nonresidential Development Plan (PNRD) process.
3. Transportation Concurrency. The development of Pruitt Commerce Center shall be subject to
the County's transportation concurrency requirements and shall provide sufficient access,
capacity, circulation and connectivity needed by the development. Traffic generated by the
development that exceeds adopted level of service standards, as indicated in the Transportation
Element of the County Comprehensive Plan, shall be mitigated by the development through a
schedule of committed roadway construction projects, payments or legally available alternatives.
The timing and sequence of any such construction, payments or alternatives shall be tied to
specific development thresholds and determined during the PNRD review process.
a. Transportation impacts associated with the development of Pruitt Commerce Center shall be
evaluated during the PNRD review process in accordance with the County's transportation
concurrency requirements. Transportation Impact Reports shall evaluate reasonable
transportation improvements necessary to maintain adopted level-of-service standards,
including consideration of roadway connectivity and circulation within the surrounding
transportation network, which may include, as appropriate, roadway segments such as
Graham Road, Picos Road and Rock Road. The determination of whether transportation
improvements, payments, or legally available alternatives are required, and the timing,
sequencing, and any proportional responsibility for such measures, shall be made during the
PNRD approval process based on the findings of the Transportation Impact Reports, and in
accordance with applicable state law, the County's transportation concurrency requirements,
as set forth in the County Land Development Code and Comprehensive Plan, and the
standards of review applicable to Site Plans. Prior to final PNRD site plan approval for any
phase or portion of the Pruitt Commerce Center, the applicant shall provide legally sufficient
and enforceable assurances, in a form acceptable to the County Attorney, to address
transportation concurrency and any such transportation improvements, payments or legally
available alternatives required for such phase or portion in accordance with the foregoing
paragraph.
b. In coordination with the St. Lucie County Area Regional Transit, the Pruitt Commerce Center
MXD Specific Use Activity Area shall identify the potential location(s) of future transit stops
to serve the subject site and shall provide for internal connectivity for pedestrian and bicycle
travel.
Ordinance No.2026-12
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4. Pruitt Commerce Center MXD Specific Use Activity Area Development Standards:
a. Notwithstanding Comp. Plan Policy 1.1.8.4, the maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is 0.35.
b. The maximum coverage by buildings shall be 35%.
c. Minimum open space shall be no less than twenty-five percent (25%).
d. The development shall provide an appropriate buffer zone to properly protect the adjacent
non-industrial uses.
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RON DESANTIS
Governor
CORD BYRD
Secretary of State
R. A. Gray Building • 500 South Bronough Street • Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250
Telephone: (850) 245-6270
April 28, 2026
Michelle R. Miller
Clerk & Comptroller
St. Lucie County
2300 Virginia Ave.
Fort Pierce, FL 34982
Dear Michelle Miller,
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 125.66, Florida Statutes, this will acknowledge receipt of your
electronic copy of St. Lucie County Ordinance No. 2026-012, which was filed in this office on April 27,
2026.
Sincerely,
Alexandra Leijon
Administrative Code and Register Director
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