Submitted By: David Sablan
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Presentation By: Aubrey Hale
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Department: Growth Management
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Waiver of the one-year wait period required by Section 122-134 to allow for the submittal of a rezoning application, concerning the recently approved Mockingbird Ridge PD, approximately 283.55 acres
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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:
Petitioners/Property Owners: Mockingbird Ridge, LLC and Flyover Ocala, LLC
Agents: Richard Busche, P.E., Kimley Horn & Assoc. and Mike Radcliffe, Radcliffe Engineering.
Purpose of Waiver Request:
The subject property (283.55 acres) was approved for a PD rezoning on May 5, 2026, via Ordinance 2026-14. The property owner has since sold a portion of the PD (108.74 acres) to another developer, Flyover Ocala, LLC. Flyover Ocala, LLC wants to develop the property differently than the currently approved PD plan. As a result, the property requires rezoning. However, City of Ocala Land Development Regulations, Section 122-134, restricts consideration of further rezoning of a property for one year. This Section further provides that City Council may waive the one-year wait period.
The property owners, Mockingbird Ridge, LLC, and Flyover Ocala, LLC, request a City Council waiver of the one-year wait period to allow rezoning of the subject properties.
Key Information:
City Council approved the Mockingbird Ridge PD zoning on May 5, 2026.
Flyover Ocala, LLC seeks to separate the recently acquired 108.74 acres of the Mockingbird Ridge PD to establish a new and separate PD zoning district with a different PD Plan and Standards Book.
A Community Development District (CDD) was established on May 19, 2026, for the western 169.31 acres of the 283.55-acre original project area. Amending the Mockingbird Ridge PD zoning will have no direct impact on the CDD.
The current owners of all properties within the Mockingbird Ridge PD, Flyo...
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