Submitted By: Emily W. Johnson, AICP
Department: Growth Management
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Introduce Ordinance 2024-17 to rezone from M-1, Light Industrial District, to M-2, Medium Industrial District, for property located at 410 SW 52nd Avenue, parcel 2318-005-010, approximately 5.43 acres (Case ZON23-45463) (Quasi-Judicial)
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Economic Hub, Quality of Place
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND:
* Petitioner: Fifty Second Avenue Associates, Inc.
* Agent: Tara L. Tedrow, Esq., Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
* Property Owner: Fifty Second Avenue Associates, Inc.
* The applicant is requesting to rezone the subject properties from M-1, Light Industrial, to M-2, Medium Industrial. To supplement the application, the agent provided a justification statement which indicates an intention to redevelop the subject property by demolishing the existing high-dock and constructing a new at-grade warehouse building within the existing footprint.
* The subject property is surrounded by M-1-zoned parcels; however, two parcels within the Ocala Airport Commerce Center are zoned M-2 (2318-007-004 and 2318-008-002). Due to the subject property's central location within the Commerce Center and Employment Center Future Land Use, the requested zoning change is not anticipated to produce a substantial negative impact on surrounding properties.
* To mitigate any impacts to surrounding properties, the petitioner has identified that either a 25-foot-wide landscaped buffer area or a 10-foot-wide landscaped buffer area with a cementitious wall will be provided, consistent with the buffering provisions contained under City of Ocala Code of Ordinances Section 122-260. Buffering requirements will be addressed at such time that a site plan application is reviewed for redevelopment of the subject property.
* The subject property meets minimum lot area (20,000 square-feet) and frontage requirement (100-feet) ...
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