TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port City Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
SUBJECT: Discussion and Possible Direction Regarding (1) the Draft of the Unified Land Development Code Chapter 5 -- Sign Regulations and Discussion and (2) Possible Direction Regarding Single-Family Development in Activity Center 6 (Yorkshire)
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General Information
The purpose of this item is to solicit feedback on (1) the draft of the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC), Chapter 5 - Sign Regulations and (2) Single-Family Development in Activity Center 6 (Yorkshire).
(1) ULDC Chapter 5- Sign Regulations
It should be noted that, due to the significance of signage as related to the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States of America, the City's outside counsel, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman have already reviewed the draft chapter prepared by staff and materially participated in the development of the regulations being presented at this workshop. Therefore, while there are two consensus questions to be addressed with the City Commission, any other significant changes will require additional legal review and should be approached with caution due to the sensitivity of sign regulations.
(2) Single-Family Development in Activity Center 6
Properties located within the Activity Center 6 (AC-6) Future Land Use Map category were reclassified in the City's Comprehensive Plan over 15-years ago. Following the establishment of AC-6, the properties within the boundary of the activity center should have been rezoned to the Planned Community Development (PCD) zoning district. The properties located on the northeast side of I-75 were rezoned to districts other than RSF-2 (the PCD zoning wasn't established as required). The properties located on the southwest side of I-75 were not rezoned at all and rem...
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