Submitted By: David Sablan, Planner II
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Presentation By: Endira Madraveren
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Department: Growth Management
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FORMAL TITLE:
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A public hearing requesting the termination of 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 requests termination of a developer’s agreement recorded for the subject property (Book 5069, Pages 323-334) that restricts the permitted principal uses 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 then-owner applied to rezone the subject property to M-1, Light Industrial, but later amended the application to B-1A, Limited Neighborhood Commercial. The applicant offered the subject developer’s agreement to prohibit alcohol beverage establishments, thereby mitigating the impacts of the requested rezoning.
In 2009, the City approved a Code of Ordinances revision amending the B-1A zoning district. These amendments eliminated architectural review requirements for principal permitted uses, but required them for special exception requests, and allowed church/place of worship as a principal permitted use instead of requiring a special exception.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
Termination of the developer’s agreement will:
Reclassify church and day care uses as permitted principal uses that no longer require a special exception.
Reclassify alcohol beverage establishments as permitted principal uses that are no longer prohibited.
If the property is rezoned from B-1A to B-1, the restric...
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