TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, Interim City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance No. 2017-08, Petition No. REZ-17-027, New Hope Community Church rezone. Robert J. Doerrfeld, Vice-President of New Hope Community Church of North Port, an Affiliated Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, Inc. requests to rezone (change the permitted use of) ? 3.7 acres from City of North Port Residential Single-Family zoning district (RSF-2) designation to City of North Port Office, Professional, Institutional zoning district (OPI) designation. The subject property is located north of Tamiami Trail, US-41, east of and adjacent to S. Biscayne Drive (Section 31, Township 39S, Range 21E) (Quasi-Judicial).
Recommended Action
Approve Ordinance No. 2017-08, REZ-17-027, New Hope Community Rezone and continue to second reading.
Background Information
On February 13, 2017, Robert J. Doerrfeld, Vice-President of New Hope Community Church of North Port, an Affiliated Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, Inc., submitted a petition to the City of North Port requesting approval to rezone ? 3.7 acres from City of North Port Residential Single-Family zoning district (RSF-2) designation to City of North Port Office, Professional, Institutional zoning district (OPI) designation.
Courtesy notices of public hearing were mailed to property owners within 1,320 feet of the subject property on March 31, 2017.
The petition was advertised in a newspaper of general circulation within the City of North Port on April 1, 2017, pursuant to the provisions of Section 166.041(3) (a), Florida Statutes and Section 9.01(b) of the Charter of the City of North Port, and Chapter 1 Article II, Section 1-12 of the City's Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) as amended.
The Planning and Zoning Advisory Board at its regularly scheduled meeting of April 20, 2017, voted 4-1 to approve Ordinance No. 2017-08, REZ-17-027, New Hope Community Church rezo...
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