TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance No. 2022-22 (CPAL-22-061). An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Amending the Future Land Use Designation of ? 83.417 Acres Generally Located North of Interstate 75 and East of Toledo Blade Boulevard from Agricultural, Estates and Activity Center to Village and Amending the City of North Port Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map 2-7. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)
Recommended Action
City Commission approve and continue Ordinance 2022-22, to second reading.
Recommended Action on Second Reading
City Commission approve, approve with conditions, or deny Ordinance 2022-22 on second reading.
Background Information
Tony Squitieri, for Forestar Group on behalf of HMTA Real Estate LLC has formally submitted a Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the ? 83-acre site with a Future Land Use of Agricultural, Estates, and Activity Center. The Future Land Use of the subject parcel is encroached upon by Activity Center 4. The Activity Center 4 boundaries encroach on an approximate 500,000 square feet portion of the subject parcel.
Pursuant to Florida Statutes Chapter 163.3184(3), since the development is greater than 10 acres, the expedited state review process applies. This process requires that the amendment be transmitted to the State within 10 days from the initial public hearing, sets out the agencies who must receive the review, as well as establishing procedures to follow after the second public hearing.
A legal notice of intent to amend the comprehensive plan was published by the City of North Port in a newspaper of general circulation, August 2, 2022.
The City Attorney has reviewed the accompanying Ordinance 2022-22 as to form and correctness.
At the regularly scheduled meeting of August 18, 2022, the Planning and Zoning Advisory Board voted 3-0 to recommend that the City Commission approves Ordinance No. 2022-22. The Board found t...
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