City of North Port - File #: ORD. NO. 2019-26

• File #: ORD. NO. 2019-26
• Version: 1
• Name: Village G VDPP
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/28/2019
• 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, Adopting the Village G Village District Pattern Plan (West Villages) for a ±742 Acre Area Located to the West of River Road, to the South of Playmore Road, to the North of the Future Manasota Beach Road and to the East of West Villages Parkway; Amending the Unified Land Development Code, Chapter 53, Article XVIII – V Village, Section 53-214 to Incorporate the Pattern Plan by Reference; Providing for Findings; Providing for Adoption; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/23/2019	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	adopted	Pass
7/11/2019	1	City Commission Special Meeting	read by title only	Pass
7/11/2019	1	City Commission Special Meeting	adopted	Pass

TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission

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

TITLE: Ordinance 2019-26, Adopting the Village District Pattern Plan (VDPP), for Village G in the West Villages
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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 G consists of a ? 742-acre parcel bounded by Playmore Road to the north, West Villages Parkway to the west, the proposed extension of Manasota Beach Road to the south, and River Road to the east.
In addition to the existing Atlanta Braves Spring Training Complex, 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 G will be developed in phases with construction beginning in 2019. The expected completion date is 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 G 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 li...