Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2019-134 to vacate a 12-foot wide utility easement lying within Parcels A and B of the Hasey Center Plat, as recorded in Plat Book 136, Page 39 of the Public Records of Broward County, located at 1800 West Sample Road in the City of Pompano Beach; Petitioner: Costco Wholesale Corporation; Agent: Ryan O. Thomas, Thomas Engineering; Application for Vacation and Abandonment: 2018-V-12. (Commission District 4)

ACTION:  (T-11:02 AM)  Approved.  (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)

VOTE:  9-0.  Commissioner Geller and Vice-Mayor Holness voted in the affirmative telephonically.

 

Board approval is required to vacate utility easements pursuant to Broward County Administrative Code, Chapter 25.

Provides the property owner with clear unencumbered title to the lands in the areas affected by this vacation.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.

The Planning and Development Management Division has received a request to vacate a 12-foot wide utility easement lying within Parcels A and B of the Hasey Center Plat, as recorded in Plat Book 136, Page 39, of the Public Records of Broward County, located at 1800 West Sample Road in the City of Pompano Beach. Vacating this right-of-way easement will provide clear and unencumbered title to the property owners.

The City of Pompano Beach approved this vacation by adopting Ordinance No. 2018-35 on February 13, 2018. Review of this application by the applicable County agencies and utility companies indicates that the utility easement is currently unused, and there are no plans for future use. No objections to this vacation were raised by any of the reviewing agencies.

This vacation application has been reviewed and approved as to form by the Office of the County Attorney.

Josie P. Sesodia, AICP, Director, Planning and Development Management Division, (954) 357-6602