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File #: 2025-1419   
Type: P&Z Rezoning Status: Passed
File created: 5/29/2025 In control: Planning & Zoning Commission
On agenda: 6/9/2025 Final action: 6/9/2025
Title: Public Hearing to rezone approximately 18.24 acres for the property located southwest of the intersection at SW 48th Avenue and SW 49th Place (Parcel 23832-000-00 and a portion of 23894-002-00) from R-3, Multi-Family Residential, to B-2, Community Business (Case ZON25-0007) (Quasi-Judicial).
Attachments: 1. ZON25-0007 Circle Fore Rezoning Staff Report, 2. ORD 2023-14, 3. ZON25-0007 Case Map, 4. ZON25-0007 Aerial Map
Submitted By: Emily W. Johnson, AICP
Presentation By: Emily Johnson
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Department: Growth Management

STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Public Hearing to rezone approximately 18.24 acres for the property located southwest of the intersection at SW 48th Avenue and SW 49th Place (Parcel 23832-000-00 and a portion of 23894-002-00) from R-3, Multi-Family Residential, to B-2, Community Business (Case ZON25-0007) (Quasi-Judicial).
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Quality of Place, Operational Excellence

PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
N/A

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BACKGROUND:
* Applicant/Property Owner: Circle Fore LLC
* Agent: James W. Gooding III, Gooding & Batsel, PLLC
Key Points:
The petitioner is requesting to rezone from R-3, Multi-Family Residential, to B-2, Community Business, to allow for future commercial development. A subdivision improvement plan is currently under review for Circle Fore II At SW 48th Ave (SUB23-45452), for a commercial plat containing 3 lots, 3 tracts, and associated public roadway and stormwater infrastructure improvements. The subject properties are identified as Lot 1 and Tract 1 on the proposed improvement plan.
Zoning and Land Use Details:
The subject properties were previously rezoned from OP, Office Park, and B-2, Community Business, to R-3, Multi-Family Residential, via Ordinance 2021-14. A site plan has never submitted.
Additionally, the properties are designated as Low Intensity Future Land Use Category, and future development is subject to Future Land Use Policies 18.8 and 18.21, as amended by Ordinance 2021-30 and Ordinance 2023-15, respectively.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
* The proposed rezoning is consistent with the existing Low Intensity Future Land Use classification, pursuant to Section 122-244 of the Code of Ordinances, and is compatible with the surrounding area.
* The B-2, Community Business, zoning district is appropriate with the intended use of the subject property. Adjacent properties to the south and west are ex...

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