TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port City Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
SUBJECT: Ordinance No. 2023-19 (VDC-22-212) Toledo Village Pattern Plan; An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Adopting the Toledo Village, Village District Pattern Plan for a ±2,086 Acre Area Located North of Interstate 75, East of Toledo Blade Boulevard, West of Orange Hammock Wildlife Management Area, and South of the City of North Port Municipal Boundary; Amending the Unified Land Development Code, Chapter 53, Article XVIII - V Village, Section 53-214 Subsection F to Incorporate the Pattern Plan by Reference; Providing for Findings; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date.(QUASI JUDICIAL).Second Reading.
Recommended Action
The City Commission continue Ordinance No. 2023-19 to second reading.
Recommended Action for Second Reading
The City Commission approve Ordinance No. 2023-19.
Background Information
The Forestar Group is requesting approval of a Village Pattern Plan for 2086+/- acres of land, comprising the Toledo Village development (“Project”). The Project consists of 11 parcels, PID# 1092003000, 1092002000, 1089001000, 109000200, 1090001000, 1095001000, 1088002000, 1088001000, 1097002000, 1097001000, and 1111001000) and is located east of Toledo Blade Blvd., and approximately one (1) mile north of the I-75 interchange. The subject parcel is zoned Village (V) with a Future Land Use of Village.
The Village District Pattern Plan includes the entire ±2086-acre Village located to the north of I-75 and east of Toledo Blade Boulevard. The VDPP contains detailed project information including the identification and location of natural features on site, establishment of development standards, and review of public facilities or infrastructure required to support the development.
This project began with Ordinance 2001-46 the Glawson/Carlton Comprehensive Plan Amendment, which granted the parcels a Village Future Land Use. In May of 2003, H.M.T.A. purchased the parcels to the east of the Glawson/Carlton area and applied for a second comprehensive plan amendment to reclassify ±571 acres to Village, which was approved with Ordinance 04-37.
The approval of Ordinance 04-37 was flagged by the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) because it failed to include a density cap. A Stipulated Settlement Agreement between DCA and the City of North Port regarding a remedial amendment was proposed for the H.M.T.A. property. On April 23, 2007, Ordinance 07-16 was passed to address the issues with Ordinance 04-37.
On August 29, 2006, Ordinance 06-18 approved the rezoning of ±1,296 acres from Sarasota County designation OUE-1 to City of North Port’s Village.
The subject petition has 4 companion applications that have been approved by the City Commission. The subject application for the Village District Pattern Plan is the applicant’s last application the Village process before Master Site and Development Plan and Plat.
On July 20, 2023, the subject petition was presented to the Planning & Zoning Advisory Board and the Board voted unanimously by a vote of 5-0 that the City Commission approve VDC-22-212.
Information for Second Reading
On September 12, 2023, the subject petition was heard by the City Commission and was voted unanimously by a vote of 5-0 to move forward to second reading as presented.
Strategic Plan
Economic Development & Growth Management.
Financial Impact
Not applicable.
Procurement
Not applicable.
Attachments: 1. Staff Report with Exhibits
2. Proposed Toledo Village Pattern Plan
3. Ordinance No. 2023-19 First Reading
4. Ordinance No. 2023-19 Second Reading
5. PZAB Action Report
Prepared by: Carl Benge, AICP, Planner II
Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Assistant Director, Development Services
Department Director: Alaina Ray, AICP, Development Services Director