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, Annexing ± 6.89 Acres of Real Property Located in the Unincorporated Area of Sarasota County, Florida and Contiguous to the Existing City Limits of the City of North Port, Florida; Redefining the Boundary Lines of the City of North Port to Include this Property; Providing for Findings; Providing for Annexation; Amending the Official Zoning Map; Providing for Assessment and Taxation; Providing for Filing of Documents; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date.
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Recommended Action
The City Commission continue ANX-23-175, Flash Investors - River Road via Ordinance 2024-03 to second reading on a date to be determined.
Recommended Action for Second Reading
Adopt ANX-23-175, Flash Investors - River Road via Ordinance No. 2024-03
Background Information
Flash Investors, LLC (Property Owner) formally submitted to the City of North Port a petition for voluntary annexation for a ± 6.89-acre property located at the southeast corner of the intersection of South River Road and Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41). The property currently has the Sarasota County zoning designation of Commercial Intensive (CI) and the Sarasota County future land use designation of “Rural.” The CI zoning designation allows for up to 9 dwelling units per acre, however, based on the Rural future land use designation, density is restricted to 1 dwelling unit per 5 acres and commercial uses are not expressly permitted.
The property and surrounding lands are within the City’s Future Annexation Area, meaning it has been designated to be considered for annexation. It is bordered to the west by River Road, to the north by US 41 Tamiami Trail, and to the south/east by unincorporated Sarasota County. The City has recently received several annexation applications for properties at or near the U.S. 41/River Road intersection.
Following the annexation of the property into the City boundary, any petition to change the future land use of the property would first have to go through Sarasota County approvals following the County Charter, as there is no longer an active Joint Planning Agreement between the City of North Port and Sarasota County. Once the assignment of the future land use process with the County is complete, the property owner is then required to submit to the City of North Port applications for a comprehensive plan amendment and a rezoning to apply both the City of North Port future land use designation of Activity Center and a zoning designation of Planned Community Development (PCD) to develop the property.
At this time, the applicant has only submitted a petition to annex into the city voluntarily and intends to submit petitions for a comprehensive plan amendment and rezone at a later date.
The City Attorney has reviewed and approved Ordinance 2024-03 for form and correctness.
The documents associated with this item were prepared in collaboration with City-procured consultant RVI Planning + Landscape Architecture, Inc. (Tom Sacharski).
At their regularly scheduled meeting on January 18, 2024, the Planning & Zoning Advisory Board voted 6-0 with 1 board member being absent to recommend City Commission approve ANX-23-175, Flash Investors - River Road via Ordinance No. 2024-03.
Information for Second Reading:
The subject petition was considered at Public Hearing First Reading with the City Commission on February 13, 2024, and was approved to continue (5-0) to Second Reading.
Strategic Plan
Economic Development & Growth Management
Business Impact Statement
In accordance with Florida Statute Section 166.041, a business impact estimate was prepared and posted publicly on the City’s website on January 31, 2024. Notice of the proposed ordinance was published on January 2, 2024 and January 9,2024, in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of North Port.
Financial Impact
Not Applicable
Procurement
Not Applicable
Attachments:
1. Ordinance 2024-03 Second Reading
2. Staff Report ANX-23-175
3. Property Survey
4. Letter to Sarasota County ANX-23-175
5. Legal Ad ANX-23-175
6. Notice of Representation
7. PZAB Action Report 1-18-2024
8. Ordinance 2024-03 First Reading
Prepared by: Austin Grubb, 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