Wednesday, December 05, 2012 - Regular Planning ... - Polk County

10. The site has frontage on State Road 60, a Principal Arterial roadway.
11. The closest transportation link affected by the request is State Road 60, which is Link
5906 on the Transportation Planning Organization’s June 2012 Roadway Network
Database. Link 5906 currently has an adopted Level of Service (LOS) standard of C and
is operating at a peak-hour/peak season LOS of B both eastbound and westbound
directions. However, no additional transportation impacts are anticipated as this
Conditional Use is to recognize a use that has been taking place on the subject property
for years.
12. The area is rural in nature. North of the subject site, across State Road 60, is a pasture.
East and south are vacant parcels. Further eastward is a 14 acre parcel with a singlefamily
dwelling unit. To the west of the subject site is a parcel used for retail purposes
for selling sheds, docks, boathouses, etc.
13. According to the Polk County Endangered Habitats Map, updated in 2006 (Animals,
Rookeries & Communities) and 2011 (Plants), the site is not located within an identified
one mile radius for protected plant and animal species. This data is derived from the
Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) and the Florida Geographic Data Library.
14. Pursuant to the most recent Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal
Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), the southern 75 feet of the site contains some floodplains.
The existing building in which the auto repair uses are located was constructed outside of
the floodplain.
15. Pursuant to the National Wetland Inventory (NWI) maps, the site does not contain any
wetlands.
16. Neither expansion of the existing building nor any new uses are being requested through
this conditional use (CU 12-20); therefore, the types of soils located on site have no
bearing on the present request.
17. The nearest Fire Station is Peace Creek (Station #590), located at 100 Rifle Range Road,
Bartow. It is located approximately two miles from the site and response time is
estimated to be approximately four (4) minutes. Ambulance response will be from Medic
Station 73 located at 1450 Pinehurst Street in Bartow, located 6.6 miles from the site.
Response time from Medic Station 73 is estimated to average 11 minutes.
18. The nearest Sheriff’s substation (Southeast District Headquarters – 4011 Sgt. Mary
Campbell Way, Lake Wales) is located approximately 15± miles from the site. Driving
time from the substation is approximately 16 minutes.
19. The nearest municipality is the City of Bartow, located on the north side of State Road
60, opposite the subject site. The City of Bartow was notified on October 10, 2012 via e-
mail of this request. The City of Bartow has no issues with the request as long as the
subject site is not used for an auto salvage or recycling facility.
DRC Findings/Recommendation Page 4 of 12
Level 4/TAV 11/16/2012 3:45 PM CU 12-20 December 5, 2012