Submitted By: David Sablan, Planner II
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Presentation By: David Sablan, Planner II
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Department: Growth Management
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FORMAL TITLE:
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A public hearing request to terminate an existing Developer’s Agreement recorded in Book 5069, Pages 323-334 (Parcel 23320-005-05)
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OCALA’S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Quality of Place, Economic Hub
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PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND:
Applicant/Owner: Valentin Jimenez
Agent: David Dinkins, Davis Dinkins Engineering, P.A.
Key Points:
The applicant is requesting to terminate a Developer’s Agreement recorded for the subject property (recorded in Book 5069, Pages 323-334) which restricts the permitted principal uses allowed on the property.
The owner/applicant has submitted a concurrent application to rezone Parcel 23320-005-05, totaling 2.80 acres, from B-1A, Limited Neighborhood Business, to B-1, Neighborhood Business.
The subject property was annexed into the City in 1997 but was not given a zoning designation until 2008. In 2007, the owner at the time applied to rezone the subject property to M-1, Light Industrial, but later amended the application to B-1A, Limited Neighborhood Commercial. The subject Developer’s Agreement was offered by the applicant to prohibit Alcohol Beverage Establishments thereby mitigating the impacts of the requested rezoning request.
In 2009, a Code of Ordinances revision was approved amending the B-1A zoning district. These amendments included the elimination of the architectural review requirements for principal permitted uses but requiring them for special exception requests and allowing church/place of worship as a principal permitted use instead of the requirement of a special exception for these uses.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
Termination of the Developer’s Agreement will reclassify church and day care uses as permitted principal uses that no longer require Special Exception and will reclassify Alcohol Beverage Establishments as permitted principal uses...
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