TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance No. 2020-15, Village G Village District Pattern Plan (VDPP) Amendment, revising Village G boundaries and acreages, neighborhood layouts as well as text and figure updates for consistency.
Recommended Action
Continue Ordinance 2020-15 to second reading on June 9, 2020.
Recommended Action for Second Reading: Approve Ordinance 2020-15.
Background Information
The property encompassing Village G was annexed at the time of the annexation of the Thomas Ranch into the City in 2002. Village G is currently a ? 743-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. The current VDPP for Village G was adopted on July 23, 2019. At present, Village G is the home of the new Atlanta Braves Spring Training Facility and Academy. Besides this, the proposed entitlements include 1800 residential units, 150,000 sq. ft. of commercial/retail uses, and 50,000 sq. ft. of office uses.
On January 13, 2020, Katie LaBarr, Stantec Consulting Services Inc., on behalf of property owner, John Luczynski, Senior Vice President of Development of Manasota Beach Ranchlands, LLLP submitted to the City of North Port an application for a Village District Pattern Plan (VDPP) Amendment to adjust the boundary of village G to add +41 acres to the southwest corner of the Village and adjust its neighborhood layout. The amendment updates the sketch and description of the land within Village G. Further, it updates text and graphics in the VDPP for consistency.
At the March 25, 2020 City Commission meeting, there was a public hearing held on the Village District Pattern Book (VDPB). Changes made to the VDPB by the Commission at this hearing created the potential for conflicts within this Pattern Plan. The applicant has since made minor changes to this Patte...
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