Title
Ordinance Annexing Territory into the Corporate Limits Located at Portions of 817 Guilford College Road - 1.99 Acre
Body
Department: Planning
Council District: Nearest to District #5
Public Hearing: Yes
Advertising Date/By: 1.22.15 City Clerk
Contact 1 and Phone: Sue Schwartz at 373-2149
Contact 2 and Phone: Steve Galanti at 373-2918
PURPOSE:
Ample Storage Lake Worth, LLC has petitioned for annexation of their property located at portions of 817 Guilford College Road. The City Council is required to hold a public hearing on this petition before considering its approval.
BACKGROUND:
This property is within the Tier 1 Growth Area (2013-2019) on the Growth Strategy Map in the Comprehensive Plan and considered contiguous since it abuts the City's primary corporate limits along its eastern, northern and western boundaries.
The site is proposed to be developed for commercial use.
City water is available by connecting to the existing 12-inch line located along Guilford College Rd. In order for this site to be served with water the owner would be responsible for all costs associated with extending it to and across the frontage of the site, and for connecting to the public line. City sanitary sewer is available by extending and connecting to the existing 8-inch line located on West Wendover Ave. In order for this site to be served with sanitary sewer the owner would be responsible for all costs associated with the off-site extension, the extension through the site to the abutting property, and for connecting to the public line.
The City's Fire Department notes that this site is currently served by Pinecroft-Sedgefield Station #23 on Mackay Road and will be served by City Station #52 on Meadowood Street upon annexation.
The Police Department can provide service with little difficulty.
Provision of other City services will involve a travel distance almost equal to that necessary to provide service to the previously-annexed...
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