TO: Planning and Zoning Advisory Board
FROM: Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Assistant Director, Development Services Department
SUBJECT: Consideration of Petition No. REZ-23-120 Rezone 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 REZ-23-120 via Ordinance 2023-32.
General Information
On May 17, 2023, the Planning & Zoning Division received from Jackson Boone, an agent for the property owner Toledo Blade, LLC, a Rezone (REZ) petition to rezone a ? 18.63-acre property generally located north of Hillsborough Boulevard and west of Toledo Blade Boulevard (PID 1007-25-2118) from Residential Single Family (RSF-2) to Residential Multi-Family.
Sec. 53-120 of the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) describes the RSF district as follows: "These districts are intended to be single-family residential areas of low density. The nature of the use of property is the same in all districts. Variation among the RSF-2 and RSF-3 Districts is in requirements for lot area, width, and certain setbacks. Certain structures and uses designated to serve governmental, educational, religious, noncommercial recreation and other immediate needs of such areas are permitted or are permissible as special exceptions within such districts, subject to restrictions and requirements necessary to preserve and protect their single-family residential character." It is important to note that ULDC Sec. 53-122 which specifies Prohibited Uses in RSF does not list multi-family as a prohibited use. Therefore, a multi-family development at a maximum density of 4.3 dwelling units per acre, could be granted a Special Exception in RSF per Sec. 53-123.
Sec. 53-146 of the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) describes the RMF district as follows: "The residential multifamily district is intended to be a high-densit...
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