TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Jonathan R. Lewis, ICMA-CM, City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance No. 2016-22, Second Reading, Petition No. CPAL 15-157, Costamar at West Villages Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Amendment and Amendment to Figure 13.1.n of the Land Use Element of the City of North Port Comprehensive Plan.
Recommended Action
Approve Ordinance 2016-22, Costamar at West Villages Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Amendment and Amendment to Figure 13.1.n of the Land Use Element of the City of North Port Comprehensive Plan
Background Information
Katie M. LaBarr, AICP, Stantec Consulting Services (Applicant), representing Martin P. Black on behalf of Main Street Ranchlands LLLP (Owner), seeks to amend the future land use map of the City of North Port Comprehensive Plan to redesignate a ?126.37 acre area (subject area), formerly part of the Taylor Ranch, located in an area annexed by the City in 2007, and was previously owned by Sarasota County Hospital District, from a Future Land Use designation of "None" to a Future Land Use designation of "Village", consistent with the remainder of the West Villages. In addition, the applicant seeks to amend Figure 13.1.n. of the City of North Port Comprehensive Plan to include the subject area.
The subject property was annexed into North Port in 2007 via Ordinance 2007-14. Subsequent to this, on May 22, 2008 the City of North Port and Sarasota County entered into a Joint Planning Agreement (JPA) regarding the future incorporation of the subject property into the West Villages Town Center (subsequently named Costamar). Item 2 of the JPA stated that the "the Campus shall continue to be subject to the County comprehensive plan and land development regulations until such time as the city adopts...a comprehensive plan amendment and zoning atlas amendment that includes the Campus".
In order to change the Comprehensive Plan and land development regulations, in accordance wit...
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