TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port City Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
SUBJECT: Consideration of Petition No. DMP-23-121, Serenity Multi-Family (QUASI-JUDICIAL)
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Recommended Action
The City Commission approve DMP-23-121, Serenity Multi-Family.
General Information
On May 23, 2023, the Planning & Zoning Division received a Development Master Plan petition from Jackson R. Boone, on behalf of Toledo Blade, LLC, to construct a 180-unit multi-family community on an 18.63-acre platted tract on the west side of S. Toledo Blade Boulevard located approximately 1.5 miles north of U.S. 41 and about 1.15 miles south of Activity Center 5. Companion petitions for the subject property include Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA-23-124/Ord. No. 2023-31), and a Rezone (REZ-23-120/Ord. No. 2023-32).
The property subject to this request includes Tract B, 51st Addition to Port Charlotte (parcel ID 1007-25-2118). The site is currently vacant, upland, and wooded (FLUCCS 411 Pine Flatwoods (SWFWMD (2021) Land Use Land Cover Map). The site’s future land use designation is Medium Density Residential with Residential Multi-Family (RMF) zoning (subject to approval of Ordinance Nos. 2023-31 and 2023-32). Medium Density Residential is described as lands designated for residential areas of medium density (maximum of 10.0 residential units per gross acre). DMP-23-121 proposes a density of 9.6 dwelling units per acre. Low density residential is also permitted within the Medium Density Residential future land use designation.
Subject to approval of the companion petitions, approval of DMP-23-121 would allow the applicant to proceed with a Major Site and Development petition to obtain a development order for construction of a multi-family residential community of 180 dwelling units with an amenity center, surface and garage parking, and open space exceeding 50% of the property acreage.
At their regularly scheduled meeting on December 7, 2023, the Planning & Zoning Advisory Board was voted unanimously 5-0, with 2 members absent to recommend City Commission approve DMP-23-121.
Strategic Plan
Economic Development & Growth Management
Financial Impact
Not Applicable
Procurement
Not Applicable
Attachments:
1. Staff Report with Exhibits
2. Notice of Representation
3. Staff Presentation
4. Revised Staff Presentation
5. Revised Staff Report with Exhibits
6. PZAB Action Report 12-7-23
Prepared by: Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Assistant Director, Development Services Department
Department Director: Alaina Ray, AICP, Director, Development Services Department