TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port City Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
SUBJECT: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Rezoning ? 262.34 Acres Located East of Toledo Blade Boulevard Approximately 1 Mile North of I-75 in Section 6, Township 39 South, Range 22 East of Sarasota County and Further Described in Instrument No. 2023042804 in Official Records of Sarasota County, From No Zoning Designation District (NZD) Classification to Residential Multi-Family District (RMF) Classification; Amending the Official Zoning Map; Providing for Findings; Providing for Filing of Approved Documents; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)
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Recommended Action
The City Commission continue REZ-23-137, Toledo Blade 320 RMF via ORD. NO. 2024-05 to second reading on a date to be determined.
Recommended Action for Second Reading
The City Commission adopt REZ-23-137, Toledo Blade 320 RMF via ORD. NO. 2024-05.
General Information
On June 16, 2023, the Planning & Zoning Division received from Kenrick Gallander, an agent for the property owner Deluxeton North Port LLC, a Rezone (REZ) petition to rezone a ? 262.34-acre property generally located east of Toledo Blade Boulevard and north of I-75 (PID 1091-00-1000) from No Zoning Designation (NZD) to Residential Multi-Family.
There is no description of NZD zoning within the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC). The current NZD zoning does not comply with the future land use (FLU) placed on the parcel through CPA-22-247, which established a High-Density Residential (HDR) future land use on this portion of the property. ULDC Sec. 53-242.C requires any nonconforming use of land to be brought into compliance upon substantial improvements to the land. The applicant has rezoned an approximately 55-acre portion of this parcel for industrial use...
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