TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance 2019-19, Adopting the Village District Pattern Plan (VDPP) for Village F 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 F consists of a ? 828-acre parcel bounded by Playmore Road to the north, Village C (Islandwalk) to the west, the proposed extension of Manasota Beach Road to the south, and S. West Villages Parkway to the east.
The applicant proposes to develop a village consisting of 1,800 residential units, 150,000 square feet of commercial/retail space, and 50,000 square feet of office space. The master developer has indicated that Village F will be developed in phases starting in 2019 and is expected to be completed by 2040.
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 WVPB.
A summary of the most significant modifications to the regulations in the ULDC in the proposed Village F VDPP include:
* Greater floor area ratios
* More maximum units per acre
* Taller maximum building heights
* Residential lot dimensions - smaller minimum lot size, smaller minimum lot frontage, smaller front and rear setbacks, larger/smaller side setback, greater lot coverage
* Narrower sidewalk widths
* Narrower minimum right-of-way widths
* Slower speed limits
* Fewer parking lot landscape islands
* Fewer minimum parking spaces
* Dimmer parking lot lighting requirements
* Larger square footage signage allowances overall
Ordinance 2019-19 has been reviewed by the City Attorney as to form and...
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