TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Amending the Central Parc at North Port (Activity Center 9) Pattern Plan to Revise the Buffer Plan; Amending Article III, Table 3.3.1.2: Dimensional Standards and Article IV, Development Standards of the Unified Land Development Code to Reference the Amended Central Parc at North Port Pattern Plan; Providing for Findings; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date. (QUASI-JUDICIAL).
Recommended Action
Option 1: Approve Ordinance No. 2025-28 including approval of the amended buffer plan as presented by the Applicant; denying the grant of Waivers 1 and 2; denying the change proposed to the buffer adjacent to Lake 13; and requiring the buffers adjacent to Lakes 5, 9 and 13 to meet the planting/screening specifications of a Type 2 buffer; and continue to second reading on October 28, 2025.
City Commission Options
Option 1: Approve Ordinance No. 2025-28 including approval of the amended buffer plan as presented by the Applicant; denying the grant of Waivers 1 and 2; denying the change proposed to the buffer adjacent to Lake 13; and requiring the buffers adjacent to Lakes 5, 9 and 13 to meet the planting/screening specifications of a Type 2 buffer; and continue to second reading on October 28, 2025.
* Pros:
o Allows unobstructed enjoyment of lake views by surrounding communities, while maintaining adequate screening in place in locations where necessary for compatibility.
o Screening/Planting requirements for buffers are only reduced where lakes add additional open space separation between like uses of over 180' +/-.
o Adequate protections put in place to meet the requirements of the 2010 Unified Land Development Code (ULDC).
* Cons:
o Reduces previous commitments for buffer screening along vast areas of the p...
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