TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port City Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
SUBJECT: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of North Port, Florida, Vacating Progress Court and All Internal Utility and Drainage Easements for the Entire Plat, as Identified in Plat Book 44, Page 16, the Panacea Commercial Park Phase 1 Subdivision, Less and Except the 10-Foot Utility Easement Along Plantation Boulevard; Providing for Findings; Providing for Recording; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)
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Recommended Action
The City Commission approve Resolution No. 2024-R-06, Petition No. VAC-23-135, Panacea Commercial Park Phase 1 Subdivision.
Background Information
On June 2, 2023, Todd Mathes, formally submitted to the City of North Port a written petition to request the vacation of Progress Court and all internal easements that are associated with any lots/tracts on the entire plat. The 10-foot easement along Plantation Boulevard will remain at the request of Florida Power and Light Company.
The purpose of the vacation is to allow the applicant to reconfigure the area to fit the next phase of development for the area allowing the existing industrial uses to the south to expand. If the request is granted, approximately 182,192.58 square feet (4.183 acres) of the easement will be vacated (Figure 1).
The subject property is zoned Planned Community Development (PCD) with a Future Land Use Designation of Activity Center (AC-4).
Resolution 2024-R-06 has been reviewed by the City Attorney and is legally correct as to form.
Petition No. VAC-23-135 is scheduled for Public Hearing with the Planning and Zoning Advisory Board (PZAB) on January 4, 2024. The due date for the City Commission agenda is prior to this PZAB Meeting. Staff will update the City Commission on the PZAB recommendation at the City Commission Regular Meeting on January 9, 2024.
Strategic Plan
Good Governance
Financial Impact
Not applicable.
Procurement
Not applicable.
Attachments:
1. Staff Report VAC-23-135
2. Resolution No. 2024-R-06
3. Property Survey
Prepared by: Carl Benge, AICP, Planner III
Hank Flores, AICP, CFM, Planning and Zoning Manager
Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Assistant Director, Development Services Department
Department Director: Alaina Ray, AICP, Director, Development Services Department