Submitted By: Breah Miller
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Presentation By: Tye Chighizola
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Department: Growth Management
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Approval of Future Land Use Policy transmittal to Florida Department of Economic Opportunity for approximately 61.39 acres of property located at the east side of SW 60th Avenue, between SW 31st Street and SW 38th Street, including staff recommendations (Case FLUP22-44631).
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OCALA’S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Economic Hub.
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
N/A
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BACKGROUND:
• Petitioner: TBMI II, LLC
• Property Owner: TBMI II, LLC
• In October 2003, parcel 23817-002-00 was annexed into the City of Ocala. Parcel 23817-002-02 was later annexed into the City of Ocala in 2006. In December 2009, City Council adopted ordinance 2010-28, which changed the future land use designation of the property from Low Density Residential and Neighborhood Business to Retail Services
• An accompanying ordinance also adopted Future Land Use Policy 12.14, which limited the development potential of the property to 600,000 square feet of commercial development and created several other development requirements on the property. The policy number was subsequently changed from 12.14 to 18.14, but the content remained the same.
• The current request is to revise the policy to allow mixed-use residential and commercial development consistent with the existing Low Intensity future land use designation. The revisions include language that allows residential development on the property, so long as the development does not exceed the traffic generated by 600,000 square feet of commercial development, measured by PM peak hour net new trips.
• The revisions also include a modification to the buffer requirement, requiring a 25-foot-wide buffer instead of a 50-foot-wide buffer if residential development is built on the eastern side of the property instead of commercial development.
• The property owner intends to propose Planned Development zoning on the property, therefore the requirement for a developer’s agreement is proposed to be amended to require Planned Development zoning instead.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
The proposed future land use policy amendment is consistent with the Low Intensity future land use designation and compatible with the surrounding area. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6 to 0 on March 14, 2022. The recommendation was based on Staff’s version of the policy. The applicant is requesting additional height for the apartments, limited access on SW 31st Street (the entrance road to the Timberwood Subdivision) and adding the construction standards in the future PD Plan instead of the policy.
FISCAL IMPACT: N/A
PROCUREMENT REVIEW: N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: N/A
ALTERNATIVE:
• Approve
• Deny
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SUPPORT MATERIALS:
• Policy Redline
• Staff Report
• Case Map
• Case Aerial