TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, MPA, ICMA-CM, City Manager
SUBJECT: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Amending the Unified Land Development Code Section 55-19 Regarding Heron Creek Activity Center #2; Amending the Pattern Book for the Development of Towne Center; Providing for Findings; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)
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Recommended Action
The City Commission continue Ordinance No. 2023-06 to second reading.
Recommended Action for Second Reading
The City Commission approve Ordinance No. 2023-06.
General Information
Matthew J. Morris, P.E. of Morris Engineering & Consulting, LLC. on behalf of Marsh Creek Holdings, Ltd. requests review of a Development Master Plan Amendment petition to amend the Pattern Book for Development of Towne Center (AKA Heron Creek Pattern Book). The petition includes fourteen textual amendments and graphical amendments to the Master Plan, Access Plan, Bike Path and Sidewalk Master Plan, and Walking Distance Analysis.
Information for Second Reading
The Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously to recommend approval of DMA-22-208, Ordinance No. 2023-06 to the City Commission at their January 5, 2023, regular meeting.
The City Commission voted unanimously to continue Ordinance No. 2023-06 to a second reading at their January 10, 2023, regular meeting. During this public hearing, a question was raised as to the party responsible for the signalization of White Ibis Drive and Sumter Blvd. According to Condition 5a of Ordinance No. 2011-33, the Development Order for Heron Creek, a Development of Regional Impact, "The applicant or his successor or assigns shall be fully responsible for the site related roadway and intersection improvements required within Heron Creek DRI." Thus, if the signaliza...
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