TO: Planning and Zoning Advisory Board
FROM: Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Assistant Director, Development Services Department
SUBJECT: Consideration of Petition No. CPA-23-124 Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Future Land Use Map Tract B, 51st Addition to Port Charlotte Subdivision (QUASI-JUDICIAL)
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Recommended Action
The Planning & Zoning Advisory Board recommends that the City Commission approve CPA-23-124 via Ordinance 2023-31.
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.
The City Attorney’s Office reviewed and approved the proposed Ordinance 2023-31 as to form and correctness.
Strategic Plan
Economic Development & Growth Management
Good Governance
Financial Impact
Not Applicable.
Procurement
Not Applicable.
Attachments:
1. Staff Report with Exhibits
2. Ordinance 2023-31
Prepared by: Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Assistant Director, Development Services Department
Department Director: Alaina Ray, AICP, Director, Development Services Department