Rock Creek is Cooper City's First Planned Unit Development (PUD).

July 8, 1974, Land Developer Hollywood Inc. submitted to Cooper City their Master plan for a PUD District, now known as Rock Creek.

The Master Plan provided for orderly development of the land, insuring its best use, conserving and protecting and even increasing the natural beauty of the use property, providing for ample common open space and recreational facilities.

THE REGION

Located in Broward County, the center of a region extending from Palm Beach through the Florida Keys, that possesses one of the most agreeable climates in the world. Categorized as sub-tropical, the area is subject to a combination of climatic influences which make it quite comfortable year round. The County is primarily a level land area. It is laced with hundreds of miles of waterways and amply endowed with lush vegetation and beaches. In recent decades the County has been subject to rapid population growth.

SITE ANALYSIS

The 620 acre Rock Creek development is bounded by four major arterial highways: Stirling Road on the north, Hiatus Road on the east, Sheridan Street on the south and Flamingo Road on the west. Once farmed land, low-lying and bisected by a Florida Power and Light easement.

PLANNING CONCEPTS

The village features clusters of housing in groups and varying size and character to preserve open lands. Within the clusters, recreational activities are encouraged to promote the Florida lifestyle. Large expanses of land to provide water storage, aquifer recharge, as well as green open space.

Being a relatively low area, development includes attention to water management. As a result an extensive water network (116 acres of lakes) loop through the development and create an extensive water-oriented community.

A planned recreation system includes both public and private recreation. Recreation limited to community residents includes playgrounds, lakes and green open space. Cluster associations composed of families in particular housing groups are responsible for small swimming pools, tot lots and game courts.

In the interest of achieving a high level of livability and environmental quality, a density is maintained to create a semi-rural village character – a mixture of single-family homes, patio homes and townhouses around open spaces.