Submitted By: Divya Govindaraju
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Presentation By: Tye Chighizola
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Department: Growth Management
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Adopt Ordinance 2022-29 for an amendment to the Future Land Use Designation from Commerce District (County) to Employment Center (City), for approximately 9.23 acres of property located between SW 44th Avenue and SW 46th Avenue in the 400 block (430 SW 44th Avenue) (Cases LUC22-44643).
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Economic Hub
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
3/4/22 - 6972371
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BACKGROUND:
* Petitioner: Whitley Capital LLC
* Property Owner: Harney Fred B Appreciation Trust
* Agent: Fred N. Roberts, Jr., Esq.
* The subject property is currently not located within the city limits. Annexation of the property will be considered on the same City Council agenda.
* The property is being purchased by Whitley Capital LLC, which plans to develop this parcel and the parcel adjacent to the north as a warehouse/distribution center.
* This parcel has access on SW 46th Ave and SW 44th Ave.
* SW 46th Avenue is currently a two-lane road, but the City plans to expand the road to four lanes between State Road 40 and State Road 200. The City also plans to extend this road north of State Road 40 to connect to NW 44th Avenue south of US 27, which will facilitate a connection all the way north to County Road 326. To the south of the subject property, this road crosses State Road 200 and becomes County Road 475, which then continues all the way east to Maricamp Road. After the planned improvements are made, SW 46th Avenue will become a segment of a major circulator in the City of Ocala.
* The land use requested is consistent and compatible with the industrial uses of other parcels along SW 46th Avenue.
* Upon annexation, it is appropriate to adopt a City land use designation.
* A companion request to rezone the property as M-2, Medium Industrial, is on the same City Council agenda.
* The Ocala Planning & Zoning C...
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