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ITEM: RESOLUTION NO. R2024 - 04 IORIZZO MASTER PLAN
A RESOLUTION OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA’S COUNCIL, FOR A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT (PETITION 2023-0004-MPA) FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY, KNOWN AS IORIZZO, TOTALING 5.45 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTH OF FOREST HILL BOULEVARD ON THE WEST SIDE OF STATE ROAD 7/U.S. 441, AS MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, TO MODIFY CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF THE IORIZZO MASTER PLAN; APPROVING A 8,800 SQUARE FOOT MEDICAL OFFICE USE WITHIN A MULTIPLE USE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (MUPD) ZONING DISTRICT; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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PUBLIC HEARING: YES QUASI-JUDICIAL: YES
EXPLANATION: Master Plan Amendment (MPA) to allow medical use for the Iorizzo project.
SUMMARY: The Applicant is seeking approval to convert the existing restaurant building into a medical office building. The Iorizzo project is currently developed with an 8,800 square foot restaurant (F.K.A. Cheddars restaurant) along the project’s eastern frontage on State Road 7. A self-storage building is approved for the area behind the existing restaurant building, recently approved in 2023.
Below is the Applicant’s explanation for the proposed medical office for this site and within the existing building.
Market dynamics are the reason for the proposed use change. Currently, there is a need for small scale medical uses. The previously approved 20,000 sf medical office may have been done for the purpose of leasing to multiple medical tenants, where as in this case, there will be a single user occupying the existing structure, which does not require 20,000 sf. Additionally, it is financially prudent to repurpose existing structures versus building a new structure from the ground up.