File #: ORD. NO. 2019-14    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance 2019-14, Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/9/2019 In control: City Commission Regular Meeting
On agenda: 7/23/2019 Final action: 7/23/2019
Title: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Relating to CPAL 19-028, Amending the Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Map 2-7 and Existing Land Use Map 2-8 to Change the Designation of a ± 12.00 Acre Area Located South of U.S. 41 and East of the State College of Florida Campus in the West Villages from “Public” to “Village”; Providing for Findings; Providing for Adoption; Providing for Transmittal of Documents; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date
Attachments: 1. Ordinance, 2. Staff Report, 3. May 2, 2019 Planning and Zoning Minutes, 4. Ex-parte Communicaton from Vice-Mayor McDowell, 5. Agency Responses
TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission

FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager

TITLE: Ordinance 2019-14, Second Reading, Amendment to the City of North Port Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map 2-7 and Existing Land Use Map 2-8, Amending the Future Land Use of ? 12.00 acres from "Public" to "Village"


Recommended Action

Approve and continue Ordinance 2019-14 to second reading at a date to be determined following the transmission of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the State Department of Economic Opportunity for review.

Recommended action for second reading: Approve Ordinance 2019-14.

Background Information

Katie LaBarr, Stantec Consulting Services, on behalf of Martin P. Black of Manasota Beach Ranchlands, property owner, formally submitted to the City of North Port a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the future land use of a ?12.00-acre property. The subject property is located south of U.S. 41 and approximately 4,554 feet west of River Road in Village E of the West Villages. This property currently has a future land use designation of "Public" as it was originally identified to be a future school site by the Sarasota County School Board.

This Comprehensive Plan Amendment seeks to change the future land use designation to "Village" as the property is no longer identified as a future school site. The Sarasota County School Board entered into a property agreement with the property owner on a different, larger site elsewhere in the West Villages in 2016, negating the need for the subject property. The subject property is bordered on the north, south, and east by the West Villages, including residential uses in Village B and the proposed Village G, and baseball spring training facility, which all have a future land use designation of "Village". It is bordered on the west by the State College of Florida campus.

The City Attorney has reviewed and approved Ordinance 2019-14 as to form and correctness.

The petition was a...

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