File #: 24-0590    Version: 1 Name: ULDC Chapter 5 Workshop and Consideration of AC Existing Condition
Type: General Business Status: Passed
File created: 4/10/2024 In control: City Commission Workshop
On agenda: 4/22/2024 Final action: 4/22/2024
Title: Discussion and Possible Direction Regarding (1) the Draft of the Unified Land Development Code Chapter 5 -- Sign Regulations and Discussion and (2) Possible Direction Regarding Single-Family Development in Activity Center 6 (Yorkshire)
Attachments: 1. Chapter 5 Signs, 2. Presentation - ULDC Chapter 5, 3. Presentation - Activity Center 6 Consideration
TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port City Commission

FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager

SUBJECT: Discussion and Possible Direction Regarding (1) the Draft of the Unified Land Development Code Chapter 5 -- Sign Regulations and Discussion and (2) Possible Direction Regarding Single-Family Development in Activity Center 6 (Yorkshire)
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General Information

The purpose of this item is to solicit feedback on (1) the draft of the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC), Chapter 5 - Sign Regulations and (2) Single-Family Development in Activity Center 6 (Yorkshire).

(1) ULDC Chapter 5- Sign Regulations
It should be noted that, due to the significance of signage as related to the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States of America, the City's outside counsel, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman have already reviewed the draft chapter prepared by staff and materially participated in the development of the regulations being presented at this workshop. Therefore, while there are two consensus questions to be addressed with the City Commission, any other significant changes will require additional legal review and should be approached with caution due to the sensitivity of sign regulations.

(2) Single-Family Development in Activity Center 6
Properties located within the Activity Center 6 (AC-6) Future Land Use Map category were reclassified in the City's Comprehensive Plan over 15-years ago. Following the establishment of AC-6, the properties within the boundary of the activity center should have been rezoned to the Planned Community Development (PCD) zoning district. The properties located on the northeast side of I-75 were rezoned to districts other than RSF-2 (the PCD zoning wasn't established as required). The properties located on the southwest side of I-75 were not rezoned at all and rem...

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