Revised Site Plan - Planning and Zoning Board - December 4, 2025 Passed 6-0

A Resolution of the City of Sunrise, Florida, approving a Revised Site Plan for a Day Care Center to be located at 2600 Sawgrass Mills Circle; providing for penalties for violations of the conditions of approval; providing for the term of approval; and providing an effective date. City Manager Mark Lubelski. Shannon Ley, Director of Community Development.

This is an application for Revised Site Plan approval for exterior elevation changes and site plan modifications to an existing vacant commercial building formerly known as La-Z-Boy, located at 2600 Sawgrass Mills Circle, as shown on the location map in the attached Staff Report. The property is zoned B-3, General Business District, within the Western Sunrise Area and the Western Sunrise Entertainment District, and the underlying land use designation is Commercial within a Dashed Line Area (2.94 units per acre) on the City’s Future Land Use Map. Pursuant to Section 16-32 of the Land Development Code (LDC), the Revised Site Plan requires City Commission approval. A concurrent application for a Special Exception for a day care is being processed.

Staff finds this application meets all applicable Land Development Code requirements for approval of a Revised Site Plan. Therefore, Staff recommends approval of this application subject to the following conditions:

1. Approval of the proposed Special Exception application (SE-000368-2024) and compliance with conditions within Special Exception.
2. Prior to final Site Plan approval through the Community Development Department, the applicant shall correct the appropriate sheets in the Site Plan set and address the outstanding comments of the Development Review Committee.
3. Prior to issuance of an engineering or building permit for the subject project, applicant to submit for approval by City staff the final left-turn lane design on Pink Flamingo Lane including the mitigation for impacted landscaping, signs, etc.
4. Construction of left-turn lane on Pink Flamingo Lane must be completed and finaled prior to any type of certificate of occupancy or business tax receipt for the day care center.

Staff completed an open building permit and code violation search. There are no open building permits and three active City Code violations.

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