Submitted By: Tye Chighizola
Presentation By: Tye Chighizola
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Department: Growth Management
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Introduce Ordinance 2023-59 amending the Code of Ordinances Subsection 122-244(b) (District Criteria Chart) concerning the zoning districts allowed under the future land use classifications (Case COD23-45170)
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Economic Hub, Quality of Place
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND: Staff proposes an ordinance updating Subsection 122-244(b) (District criteria chart) concerning what zoning districts are consistent with future land use classifications. When staff updated the comprehensive plan in 2013, the new Medium Intensity/Special District land use classification required an applicant to follow a form-based code. In 2013, there were no form-based code requirements in the code of ordinances. The Downtown Form-Based Code District was adopted consistent with the High-Intensity Land Use Classification in 2018. The reference to the form-based code needed to be clearer concerning what standards will apply in the Medium Intensity/Special District land use classification.
In April, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a text amendment concerning the definition/criteria for the Medium Intensity/Special District land use classification. City Council adopted the text amendment on June 20, 2023.
Based on the adopted comprehensive plan policy, the proposed ordinance will identify how to regulate zoning under the Medium Intensity/Special District land use classification. The revised language requires the following: New development on vacant parcels on five acres or more shall be regulated by a Form-Based Code (FBC) Zoning District, a Planned Development (PD) district, or a Chapter 163 Development Agreement. Existing development, public uses, or vacant parcels less than five acres in the Medium Intensity/Special District land use classification shall be regulated by their existing...
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