THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT DIVISION AND THE BROWARD COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
Ordinance No. 2014-32, approved by the Board in September of 2014, established a new regulatory framework for historic and archaeological preservation in Broward County. It also created a Historic Preservation Board to review development projects and to designate historic resources and archaeological sites. In July 2016, Broward County received Certified Local Government (CLG) recognition for its historic preservation program and Historic Preservation Board by the State of Florida and the Federal Government. Among CLG compliance requirements is the designation and protection of important historic and archaeological sites.
On July 25, 2017, the Historic Preservation Board recommended that the Buzzards' Roost Archaeological Site in Pembroke Pines, Broward County, Florida be designated as a historic resource under Sec. 5-533(a)(2)(a), (c), and (d) of the Broward County Code, due to the site's archaeological significance. The site was previously set aside and incorporated within the Chapel Trail Nature Preserve. The preserve area was created pursuant to Section 6(E) of the Chapel Trail Development Order recorded in Book 14924, Page 728 of the Official Records of Broward County, Florida. The property is generally located at the southeast end of the Chapel Trail Park and Nature Preserve (Exhibit 2). In 1992, it was added to the list of Broward County Local Areas of Particular Concern (LAPCs) because of its large size and quantity of artifacts.
The property is owned by the City of Pembroke Pines, which was notified of the HPB Hearing pursuant to the Code, and has provided comments indicating no objection to the designation of this site (Exhibit 3). |