TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Consideration Of Petition PMCP-24-00000041 (DMP-24-041), 75 Park Place Development Master Plan For A Personal Storage Facility With 175 Parking Stalls For Recreational Vehicles And Boat Storage. On ± 6.37 Acres Generally Located Southeast of The Intersection of N Chamberlain Boulevard and Greenley Road. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)
Recommended Action:
Option 1: Approve the proposed Development Master Plan for Petition PMCP-24-00000041 (DMP-24-041), 75 Park Place as presented.
Commission Options:
Option 1: Approve the Development Master Plan for Petition PMCP-24-00000041 (DMP-24-041), 75 Park Place as presented.
• Pros:
o The personal storage use offers low intensity commercial development most appropriate for the site location (a dead-end roadway adjacent to Interstate 75 and residential low zoned properties).
o The development provides a functional commercial use that does not rely on high visibility or customer turnover, generates minimal infrastructure demands and traffic impact, does not include occupied structures, and does not rely on municipal water or sewer services, thereby limiting impacts to public facilities and services.
• Cons:
o The presence of residential low zoned parcels to the north and east requires careful implementation of buffering, landscaping, and screening to mitigate visual and operational impacts.
o The proposed personal storage establishment does not provide active commercial development, employment opportunities, or tax base generation typically associated with higher-intensity commercial uses.
Option 2: Deny the Development Master Plan for Petition PMCP-24-00000041 (DMP-24-041), 75 Park Place.
• Pros:
o Denial avoids introducing a personal storage use adjacent to single-family residential neighborhoods to the north and east, eliminating potential concerns related to long-term neighborhood character.
o Denial reserves the site for more active or higher-intensity commercial development that could capitalize on its Commercial Future Land Use designation and potentially provide greater economic and employment benefits.
• Cons:
o Denial of a use that is consistent with the Commercial Future Land Use designation and Commercial General zoning limits the property owner’s use of the property.
o Denial can perpetuate vacancy or underutilization of the site, foregoing a low-intensity development that minimizes infrastructure demands and traffic impacts while providing a functional commercial use for the area.
o A more intense commercial development that may be less compatible with the existing residential neighborhood could be proposed on the site.
Background Information
On February 23, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Division of the City of North Port received an application to construct a personal storage facility with 175 parking stalls for recreational vehicles and boat storage. As this application was submitted before the current Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) was effective on October 28, 2024, it has been evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the 2010 ULDC and applicable regulations at the time of submittal.
The vacant parcel consists of ± 6.37 acres of natural vegetation and is generally located southeast of the intersection of N Chamberlain Boulevard and Greenley Road. Per the 2010 ULDC, the parcel has a zoning designation of Commercial General (CG). CG is intended to provide areas in which the customary and traditional conduct of trade, retail sales and commerce may be carried on without disruption by the encroachment and intrusion of incompatible residential uses and protection from the adverse effects of undesirable industrial uses. At the time of submittal, the subject property had a Future Land Use Designation of Commercial.
Strategic Plan Pillar
Economic Development & Growth Management
Financial Impact
Not applicable.
Procurement
Not applicable.
Attachments:
1. Staff Report with Exhibits
2. Development Master Plan
3. Staff Presentation
Prepared by: Adriana Silva, Planner II
Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Deputy Director, Development Services Department
Department Director: Alaina Ray, AICP, Director, Development Services Department