TO: Planning and Zoning Advisory Board
FROM: Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Assistant Director, Development Services Department
SUBJECT: Consideration of Petition No. CPA-23-124 Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Future Land Use Map Tract B, 51st Addition to Port Charlotte Subdivision (QUASI-JUDICIAL)
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Recommended Action
The Planning & Zoning Advisory Board recommends that the City Commission approve CPA-23-124 via Ordinance 2023-31.
General Information
On May 17, 2023, the Planning & Zoning Division received from Jackson Boone, an agent for the property owner Toledo Blade, LLC, a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) petition to amend the Future Land Use Map, changing the future land use designation of a ? 18.63-acre property generally located north of Hillsborough Boulevard and west of Toledo Blade Boulevard (PID 1007-25-2118) from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential. Policy 1.1 of the Comprehensive Plan describes Low Density Residential as, lands designated for residential areas of low density (for currently platted single-family lots a maximum density of 4.3 residential units per gross acre, 4.0 residential units per gross acre for un-platted areas). Medium Density Residential is described as lands designated for residential areas of medium density (maximum of 10.0 residential units per gross acre). Low density residential is permitted within the Medium Density Residential future land use designation.
The property subject to this petition fronts on an arterial road (S. Toledo Blade Boulevard), approximately 1.5 miles north of U.S. 41 and about 1.15 miles south of Activity Center 5. Florida Department of Transportation data from 2022 indicates a AADT of 20,000 on S. Toledo Blade Boulevard between Hillsborough Boulevard and Price Boulevard. (Annual Average Daily Traffic Counts (AADT) data represents the total volume of traffic on a roadway segment fo...
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