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HomeMy WebLinkAbout26-031 PDS ORDER 2026-031 File No. EDO-2603-000070 AN ORDER GRANTING A STATUTORY EXTENSION PROVIDED BY SECTION 252.363 FLORIDA STATUTES TO THE SCHEDULED EXPIRATION DATE FOR THE APPROVED MINOR SITE PLAN KNOWN AS AMERICAN STORAGE SOLUTIONS, IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA. WHEREAS, the St. Lucie County Planning and Development Services Director has reviewed the request for a development order extension timely submitted by Earthworks Group, Inc., on behalf of NTI Holdings, LLC, and has made the following determinations: 1. On July 28, 2020, the Board of County Commissioners approved Resolution No. 2020- 163, for a Major Site Plan to be known as American Storage Solutions to construct a self-storage warehouse facility consisting of three hundred (300) enclosed storage units and fifty-one (51) boat and RV spaces, and an eight hundred (800) square foot security office, in four (4) phases. 2. On April 2, 2024, the Planning & Development Services Director approved PDS Order 2024-019, granting a Minor Site Plan (Major Adjustment to the Minor Site Plan) for the project known as American Storage Solutions to reduce the number of impacted trees, change the driveway surface from concrete to asphalt, change the perimeter fence from masonry to galvanized chain link to minimize root damage on the perimeter landscaping, and remove a 4,050 square foot single story storage building from the previously approved plan. 3. On October 5, 2024, Governor DeSantis issued Executive Order 24-214 for sixty (60) days due to the threat of Tropical Storm Milton (Converted to Hurricane Milton) to the residents of the State of Florida. This emergency declaration was effective on October 5, 2024, and would have expired 60 days later, on December 4, 2024. The order has since been continually extended pursuant to Executive Orders 24-264, 25-26, 25-68, 25-119, 25-150, 25-191, and 25-242, which extended the State of Emergency to January 24, 2026. 4. On March 27, 2026, Earthworks Group, Inc., on behalf of NTI Holdings, LLC, filed a request to toll and extend the termination date for the project known as American Storage Solutions pursuant to Executive Order 24-214 (Hurricane Milton). 5. Senate Bill 250, approved by the Governor on June 28, 2023, and effective July 1, 2023, amended Section 252.363(1)(a) Florida Statutes, increasing the extension of the expiration dates for such permits or other authorizations to twenty-four (24) months per state of emergency (plus the duration of the emergency declaration), but limiting the extended period under overlapping states of emergency to forty-eight (48) months. File No.: EDO-2603-000070 PDS Order 2026-031 1ICHELLE R.MILLER,CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Page: 1 SAINT LUCIE COUNTY FILE# 5633091 06/16/2026 08:21:23 AM DR BOOK 5489 PAGE 2310-2312 Doc Type:ORD RECORDING: $27.00 6. Section 252.363 Florida Statutes requires that a specific written notice be filed with the issuing authority within ninety (90) days after the termination of the declaration of emergency. The applicant applied for this extension on March 27, 2026, which is within the time frame established by the Statute. 7. Planning Staff has performed an analysis of the project and determined that the extension is consistent with the original St. Lucie County Development Order. Further analysis is found in the memorandum titled American Storage Solutions Executive Order Extension (EDO-2603-000070), April 29, 2026. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED by the Planning and Development Services Director of St. Lucie County, Florida: A. Pursuant to Section 252.363, Florida Statutes, the administrative approval project known as American Storage Solutions, has been found to be eligible for a statutory extension. The approval granted under PDS Order 2024-019 is extended from its last scheduled date of expiration, April 2, 2026, and now shall expire July 29, 2029, for the property described below in Part B. B. The property on which this Development Order Extension is being granted is described as follows: Legal Description: LOTS 1 THROUGH 19, INCLUSIVE, BLOCK 21, SAN LUCIE PLAZA, UNIT ONE, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAN THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 57, PUBLIC RECORDS OF SAINT LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA. CONTAINING 3.30-ACRES MORE OR LESS. Location: West side of 25th Street, approximately 1,700 feet south of St. Lucie Boulevard in Fort Pierce. Parcel Identification Number.: 1428-702-0325-000-6 C. This statutory extension approval shall expire on July 29, 2029, unless a building permit is issued and active or an extension has been granted by Section 11.02.06, St. Lucie County Land Development Code. D. The conditions of approval as outlined in PDS Order 2024-019 are an integral non- severable part of the approval as granted by this administrative extension. If any condition set forth within this Order are determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason and the developer declines to comply voluntarily with that condition, this development order extension approval granted by this Order shall become null and void. E. The Certificate of Capacity granted by the Planning and Development Services Director shall remain valid for the period of this development order. If this order expires or otherwise File No.: EDO-2603-000070 PDS Order 2026-031 Page: 2 terminates, the Certificate of Capacity shall automatically terminate. F. A copy of this statutory extension shall be placed on file with the St. Lucie County Planning and Development Services Department. G. This order shall be recorded in theem Public Records of St. Lucie County. ORDER effective this S 4'k--day of J lN --e— , 2026. PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA BY min Balcer, AICP APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: BY Katherine Barbieri, County Attorney File No.: EDO-2603-000070 PDS Order 2026-031 Page: 3