Submitted By: Breah Miller
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Presentation By: Breah Miller
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Department: Growth Management
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Public Hearing for a reduction in parking requirements in excess of ten percent (PH25-0001) (Quasi-Judicial)
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OCALA’S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Operational Excellence, Quality of Place
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND:
• Petitioner: Cardinal LG Company
• Property Owner: Cardinal LG Company
• Agent: Brent K. Leslie, Sitts & Hill Engineers, Inc.
The subject property is a manufacturing complex that is developed with a 422,129 square foot IG Plant and a 23,921 square foot Technical Center. The subject facility is a shift-based plant that operates with a greater degree of automation than a traditional manufacturing facility. Of their 193 employees, the largest shift has 136 employees. The two buildings share driveways and 205 total parking spaces. In May 2025, the applicant received approval (SITE25-0082) to add 21 parking spaces to the campus, which are now pending construction.
The applicant is proposing a 54,452 square foo expansion. The expansion will expand over 18 parking spaces, leaving 187 parking spaces until the construction of the previously approved 21 parking spaces.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
The submitted parking study indicated that the expansion will add four employees, two per shift for a total employee count of 203. It was also found that the facility operates with a high degree of automation causing three shifts with no more than 136 employees on site at any one time. After the expansion, there will be 187 parking spaces to accommodate each shift, and an additional 21 parking spaces are underway per the approval of SITE25-0082.
Staff Recommends Approval with the conditions:
1. The 21 additional parking spaces approved under SITE25-0082 be constructed within 6 months of this approval.
2. Any increase in employment greater than indicated in the parking study will require an update to this parking reduction request.