TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy Stillings, Planning, Zoning, and Building Director
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: August 21, 2018
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ORDINANCE NO. 11-18: A City-initiated Amendment to modify Table L-6 within the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan to add an “X” to the table to include Old School Square Historic Arts District as a zoning district that is compatible with the Community Facilities (CF) Future Land Use Map Designation, pursuant to Land Development Regulation Section 2.2.2(E)(6)(a). (FIRST READING/1STPUBLIC HEARING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to Adopt Ordinance No. 11-18, a City-initiated amendment to the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan, modifying Table L-6 to add an “X” to the table to include the OSSHAD zoning district as a zoning district that is compatible with the CF FLUM designation, by finding that the request is consistent with the requirements of Florida Statutes.
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Background:
The subject City-initiated text amendment is to Table L-6 of the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Table L-6 will be modified to add an “X” to the table to include the OSSHAD zoning district as a zoning district that is compatible with the CF FLUM designation.
The proposed amendment is noted to be an inadvertent omission that should have been addressed when the OSSHAD zoning district was originally created. The Old School Square site was previously utilized as a school, hence the CF FLUM designation.
Other Mixed Use (OMU) is currently the only FLUM designation which is consistent with the OSSHAD zoning district. The alternative to the proposed amendment was to change the existing FLUM designation to OMU; however, such change could create potential for unintended development pressure. Staff felt that in the interest of maintaining the existing use of the property as a community facility the proposed amendment is a more straightforward solution. Based up...
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