TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port City Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
SUBJECT: An Ordinance of The City of North Port, Florida, Amending the Future Land Use Designation from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential for a ±18.63 Acre Area Generally Located North of Hillsborough Boulevard and West of Toledo Blade Boulevard; Amending the City of North Port Comprehensive Plan Chapter 2, Future Land Use Map 2-7; Providing for Findings; Providing for Adoption; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)
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Recommended Action
The City Commission approve CPA-23-124 via Ordinance 2023-31 and continue to second reading on January 23, 2023.
Recommended Action for Second Reading
The City Commission adopt Ordinance No. 2023-31 (CPA-23-124, Serenity Multi-Family).
General Information
On May 17, 2023, the Planning & Zoning Division received from Jackson Boone, an agent for the property owner Toledo Blade, LLC, a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) petition to amend the Future Land Use Map, changing the future land use designation of a ± 18.63-acre property generally located north of Hillsborough Boulevard and west of Toledo Blade Boulevard (PID 1007-25-2118) from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential. Policy 1.1 of the Comprehensive Plan describes Low Density Residential as, lands designated for residential areas of low density (for currently platted single-family lots a maximum density of 4.3 residential units per gross acre, 4.0 residential units per gross acre for un-platted areas). Medium Density Residential is described as lands designated for residential areas of medium density (maximum of 10.0 residential units per gross acre). Low density residential is permitted within the Medium Density Residential future land use designation.
The property subject to this petition fronts on an arterial road (S. Toledo Blade Boulevard), approximately 1.5 miles north of U.S. 41 and about 1.15 miles south of Activity Center 5. Florida Department of Transportation data from 2022 indicates a AADT of 20,000 on S. Toledo Blade Boulevard between Hillsborough Boulevard and Price Boulevard. (Annual Average Daily Traffic Counts (AADT) data represents the total volume of traffic on a roadway segment for one year, divided by the number of days in a year).
A mixture of future land use (FLU) designations currently exists in the surrounding area including High, Medium, and Low Density Residential, as well a Commercial and Activity Center. While the properties abutting the subject site have a Low-Density FLU, Medium Density Residential is located approximately 300-feet to the northeast (across Toledo Blade Boulevard) with adjacent Commercial about 1,000 feet from the site. To the northwest, High Density Residential FLU exists about 500-feet away.
The Commercial FLU abutting Low Density Residential FLU along parallel collector roads (S. Chamberlain Boulevard and S. Haberland Boulevard) should be noted as the current Future Land Use Map applies higher intensity FLU designations next to lower intensity designations, relying on buffering and compatibility standards in the Unified Land Development Code to minimize incompatibility between uses.
A companion petition (REZ-23-120) to Rezone the subject property from RSF-2 (Residential Single-Family) to RMF (Residential Multi-Family) has also been submitted. If the FLU map amendment and rezone are adopted, a future Development Master Plan approval by the City Commission would be required in advance of any development occurring on the site.
Pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 166.041(4)(c), a business impact estimate was not required because this ordinance is enacted to implement Part II of Florida Statutes Chapter 163, relating to growth policy, county and municipal planning, and land development regulation, including zoning, development orders, development agreements, and development permits.
The City Attorney’s Office reviewed and approved the proposed Ordinance 2023-31 as to form and correctness.
At their regularly scheduled meeting on December 7, 2023, the Planning & Zoning Advisory Board voted 4-1, with 2 members being absent, to recommend City Commission approve CPA-23-124 via Ordinance 2023-31.
Information for Second Reading:
The City Commission heard this item at their January 9, 2024, meeting and voted 4-0 to continue Ordinance 2023-31 to second reading on January 23, 2024.
Strategic Plan
Economic Development & Growth Management
Good Governance
Financial Impact
Not Applicable.
Procurement
Not Applicable.
Attachments:
1. Revised Ordinance with Exhibits First Reading
2. Revised Staff Report with Exhibits
3. Revised Staff Presentation
4. Ordinance 2023-31
5. Staff Report with Exhibits
6. Staff Presentation
7. Notice of Representation
8. PZAB Action Report 12/7/23
9. Applicant Presentation
10. Ordinance No. 2023-31 Second Reading
Prepared by: Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Assistant Director, Development Services Department
Department Director: Alaina Ray, AICP, Director, Development Services Department