Ocala - File #: RES-2023-35

• File #: RES-2023-35
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/27/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/15/2023
• Final action: 8/15/2023
• Title: Adopt Resolution 2023-35 approving the First Amendment to the West Oak Planned Development PD plan and PD design standards for approximately 198.80 acres of property located south of NW 35th Street, east of NW 27th Avenue, north of NW 21st Street, and west of railroad (Case No. PD23-45234) (Quasi-Judicial)

Date	Action By	Motion	Result
8/15/2023	City Council	Adopted	Pass

Submitted By: Patricia Z. Hitchcock
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Presentation By: Patricia Hitchcock
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Department: Growth Management

STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Adopt Resolution 2023-35 approving the First Amendment to the West Oak Planned Development PD plan and PD design standards for approximately 198.80 acres of property located south of NW 35th Street, east of NW 27th Avenue, north of NW 21st Street, and west of railroad (Case No. PD23-45234) (Quasi-Judicial)
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Economic Hub

PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
n/a

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BACKGROUND:
? Applicant: West Oak Developers, LLC
Lot 4 West, LLC
Madison Oaks West, LLC
West Oak Ocala 1 Business, LLC
? Property Owners: West Oak Developers, LLC
Lot 4 West, LLC
Madison Oaks West, LLC
West Oak Ocala 1 Business, LLC
City of Ocala
? Agent: Tillman & Associates
? The City of Ocala entered into a Redevelopment Agreement for the former Pine Oaks Golf
course and the current West Oak PD plan facilitates redevelopment of the property into a
mixed-income residential community with a variety of recreational amenities and some
neighborhood-serving commercial uses along NW 35th Street. The West Oak PD rezoning and
plan were approved in February 2021. After learning of a potential procedural deficiency with
the original adoption, the rezoning and PD plan approval were processed a second time as a
cautionary measure and received final approval from City Council on June 20, 2023.
? There is a need for more housing development in the city, particularly affordable housing, due to the recent increase in employment opportunities resulting from development of major distribution centers on NW 35th Avenue Road and NW 35th Street. The City Redevelopment Agreement for Pine Oaks requires that 20 percent of the units constructed are affordable housing units, as defined in the agreement. The current West Oak PD plan includes 386 single-family residential lots, 832 multifamily residential units, 150 townhomes, and...