Submitted By: Emily W. Johnson, AICP
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Presentation By: Emily W. Johnson, AICP
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Department: Growth Management
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Public Hearing to rezone approximately 15.00 acres of property generally located in the 2000-3000 block of NW 35th Avenue road, approximately 660-feet northwest of the intersection of NW 35th Avenue Road and NW 21st Street, (Parcel 21466-000-00) from R-1, Single-Family Residential, to B-2, Community Business (Case ZON24-45826) (Quasi-Judicial).
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Quality of Place
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND:
* Petitioner/Property Owner: Clausson P. Lexow, Trustee
Key Points:
The petitioner is requesting to change the zoning from R-1, Single-Family Residential to B-2, Community Business to bring the zoning into compliance with the underlying future land use classification.
Zoning and Land Use Details:
On November 4, 2008, the City Council adopted Ordinance 5934, which amended the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) to change the designation of a property from Low Density Residential to Retail Services. This was followed by the adoption of Ordinance 5935, which included development conditions, such as a cap on development intensity, limiting total Average Daily Trips (ADT) to 1,128,970.
Subsequent changes to the Comprehensive Plan eliminated the Retail Services FLUM designation and the Land Use Blending Overlay (LUBO), replacing it with an Employment Center future land use classification. The current proposed zoning change to B-2 would allow non-residential uses that appropriately align with the Employment Center designation, in contrast to the existing R-1 zoning, which is intended for single-family residential development and is not compatible with the Employment Center land use.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
* The subject property must be rezoned to provide consistency with the existing Employment Center Future Land Use classification pursuant to Code of Ordin...
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