City of North Port - File #: ORD. NO. 2020-39

• File #: ORD. NO. 2020-39
• Version: 1
• Name: CC Revisions to Neighborhood Commercial Zoning
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/13/2020
• In control: City Commission Regular Meeting
• On agenda: 12/8/2020
• Final action: 12/8/2020
• Title: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Amending the Unified Land Development Code, Chapter 53 - Zoning Regulations, Section 53-6, Section 53-15, Sections 53-178 Through 53-186, and Section 53-240 to Remove the Neighborhood Commercial High Intensity (NC-HI) District, Remove the Neighborhood Commercial Low Intensity (NC-LI) District, Establish the Neighborhood Commercial (NC) District and Modify that District's Requirements for Permitted Principal Uses and Structures, Prohibited Uses and Structures, Special Exceptions, Design Standards, Buffer Zone and Landscaping, Bicycle and Pedestrian Amenities; Amending Section 61-3, Definitions and Word Usage; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; Providing an Effective Date

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/8/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	adopted	Pass
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	approved with conditions	Pass
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	read by title only	Pass
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	consensus
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	consensus
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	consensus
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	consensus
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	consensus
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	consensus
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	consensus
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	consensus
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	consensus
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	consensus
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	consensus
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	consensus
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	continued for second reading
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	continued for second reading	Pass
10/27/2020	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	adopted	Pass

TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission

FROM: Jason Yarborough, ICMA-CM, Interim City Manager

TITLE: Ordinance 2020-39, Revisions to Neighborhood Commercial Zoning


Recommended Action

Continue Ordinance No. 2020-39 to second reading.

Recommended Action for Second Reading: Approve Ordinance 2020-39.


Background Information

During the City Commission Workshop held on September 17, 2019, the Commission discussed the Neighborhood Commercial Zoning Districts and identified use limitations, property constraints, buffering widths and associated costs, size limitations, and design costs. The Commission requested that staff research and include the above concerns in draft language to amend the Unified Land Development Code. This draft language expanding and addressing the above concerns was brought before the Commission at a Commission Workshop on February 3, 2020. At this Workshop, the Commission made several consensuses on the Neighborhood Commercial draft language. The Commission requested a that separate draft Ordinance be brought back to them prior to the second draft of the overall Unified Land Development Code (ULDC). Responses to all consensus items can be found within the staff report on pages 3-5.

Consensus Items include:

1. Consensus to have a 15-foot build-to line from front of building to roadways and for staff to bring back a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) review.
2. Consensus for fuel pumps/gas stations to be added to the not permitted list.
3. Consensus to add adult daycare to the permitted uses and remove it from the not permitted list.
4. Consensus that residential components be within the business structure on second floor or rear of structure.
5. Consensus to remove "Boats or other structures being used as dwelling units" language.
6. Consensus to add "residential unless exempted herein" to the not permitted list.
7. Consensus to remove non-profit from special exception uses.
8. Consensus to add 24-hour operatio...