Submitted By: Divya Govindaraju
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Presentation By: Patricia Hitchcock
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Department: Growth Management
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Adopt Ordinance 2023-58 to rezone from B-4, General Business, and M-1, Light Industrial, to M-1, Light Industrial, for property located in the 1800 block of US Highway 27, approximately 2 acres (Case No. ZON23-45220) (Quasi-Judicial)
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OCALA’S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Economic Hub, Quality of Place
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
Ocala Star Banner - August 18, 2023 - LSAR00169060
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BACKGROUND:
• Applicant: EBL Commercial, LLC
• Property Owner: EBL Commercial, LLC
• Agent: Miles Anderson Consulting Engineers
• The property is split between two zoning districts with the northern portion zoned M-1, Light Industrial, and the southern 150-foot portion zoned B-4, General Business.
• A site plan was submitted in December 2022 (SPL22-45045) for four buildings containing a total of 18,000 square feet of commercial industrial development.
• One building encroaches into the B-4, General Business, zoned portion. As warehouse and industrial uses are not permitted in the B-4, General Business, zoning district, that building will be limited to use as a construction service establishment until the property is rezoned to M-1, Light Industrial.
• The property is located on a commercial corridor, with auto repair garages to the north, east, and west. A multifamily residential development (Blitchton Station Apartments) is adjacent to the south.
• A light industrial use or district abutting a less intensive use or district shall have a 25-foot-deep landscaped buffer area or a ten-foot-deep landscaped buffer area combined with a brick, stone, or concrete block wall.
The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 4-0 at the July 10, 2023, meeting.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
The requested zoning of M-1, Light Industrial, is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and with the surrounding area. Staff recommends approval.
FISCAL IMPACT: N/A
PROCUREMENT REVIEW: N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: The ordinance is pending review by the City Attorney, William E. Sexton.
ALTERNATIVE:
• Approve with changes
• Deny
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ORDINANCE 2023-58
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF OCALA, FLORIDA, CHANGING FROM B-4, GENERAL BUSINESS, AND M-1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, TO M-1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE 1800 BLOCK OF US HIGHWAY 27 (22323-001-00), OCALA, FLORIDA (CASE NO. ZON23-45220); PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OCALA, FLORIDA, in regular session, as follows:
Section 1. The following described lands are hereby rezoned and reclassified according to the zoning regulation of the City of Ocala, Florida, as M-1, Light Industrial:
LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, AND 9, BLOCK B, LINCOLN VILLAGE, LESS AND EXCEPT THE EAST 27 FEET OF LOT 7, BLOCK B, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK G, PAGE 8, PUBLIC RECORDS OF MARION COUNTY, FLORIDA.
(AKA: Parcel 22323-001-00)
Section 2. The zoning map of the City of Ocala is hereby amended to reflect the change in zoning classification from B-4 General Business, and M-1, Light Industrial, to M-1, Light Industrial, as to lands described in Section 1 of this ordinance.
Section 3. Severability Clause. Should any provision or section of this ordinance be held by a Court of Competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval by the Mayor, or upon being law without such approval.
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ATTEST: CITY OF OCALA
By: By:
Angel B. Jacobs James P. Hilty Sr.
City Clerk President, Ocala City Council
Approved/Denied by me as Mayor of the City of Ocala, Florida, on __________________, 2023.
By: __________________________________
Reuben Kent Guinn
Mayor
Approved as to form and legality:
By: _________________________________
William E. Sexton
City Attorney
Ordinance No: 2023-58
Introduced: 8/15/2023
Adopted: Click or tap to enter a date.
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