TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance 2019-25, Adopting the Village District Pattern Plan (VDPP) for Village E in the West Villages
Recommended Action
1. City Commission may approve the Ordinance as presented.
2. City Commission may modify the request, approving portions of the request but revising the waivers and modifications to the ULDC.
3. City Commission may deny the Ordinance and write findings to support this decision.
Background Information
Village E is bounded by US 41 to the north, West Villages Parkway to the west, the proposed extension of Playmore Road to the south, and River Road to the east. The section of Village E under review is a ? 325-acre portion of a 565-acre total Village area. Properties not owned by the applicant, including Sarasota County Schools, the State College of Florida campus, Sarasota County Hospital Board, and the future location of the City of North Port Wastewater treatment plant currently under construction, are excluded.
The applicant proposes to develop a Village consisting of 1,000 residential units, 300,000 square feet of commercial /retail space, and 100,000 square feet of office space. The master developer has indicated that the Village will be developed in phases and completed by 2043.
The entirety of Village E is within the West Villages Town Center. The applicant proposes development in accordance with the West Villages Pattern Book (WVPB) that is currently under review by City Staff, but, in several areas, conflicts with several sections of the existing VDPB, as well as with sections of the ULDC. In particular, the Developer proposes to allow a greater percentage of land area within the Town Center to be used for residential uses than what is allowed in Section 53-212 of the ULDC. (A maximum of 60% of the land area vs. a maximum of 30% that is currently permitted; this has the potential for major economic impact if appr...
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