City of North Port - File #: RES. NO. 2023-R-52

• File #: RES. NO. 2023-R-52
• Version: 1
• Name: Pocatella Multi-Family Special Exception Res. No. 2023-R-52
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 9/12/2023
• In control: City Commission Regular Meeting
• On agenda: 11/14/2023
• Final action: 11/14/2023
• Title: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of North Port, Florida, Granting a Special Exception to Allow a Multi-Family Residential Use Located Generally at the Southeast Corner of Sumter Boulevard and Pocatella Avenue, North of McKibben Drive in the Office, Professional, Institutional (OPI) Zoning District pursuant to the City of North Port Unified Land Development Code Section 53-92 and 53-259; Providing for Findings; Providing for Granting the Special Exception; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/14/2023	1	City Commission Regular Meeting	adopted	Pass

TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port City Commission

FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager

SUBJECT: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of North Port, Florida, Granting a Special Exception to Allow a Multi-Family Residential Use Located Generally at the Southeast Corner of Sumter Boulevard and Pocatella Avenue, North of McKibben Drive in the Office, Professional, Institutional (OPI) Zoning District pursuant to the City of North Port Unified Land Development Code Section 53-92 and 53-259; Providing for Findings; Providing for Granting the Special Exception; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)
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Recommended Action

The City Commission approve Resolution Number 2023-R-52, Petition Number SPX-23-139, Pocatella Avenue Multi-Family Special Exception.

General Information

Joseph Holt, on behalf of the property owner Zia Butt, has formally submitted to the City of North Port a written petition request for a special exception to allow for a multi-family residential use development with a maximum of 175 dwelling units, leasing office, fitness center/office, pool, and a 2-story office building comprising 10,000 square feet. The property is zoned Office, Professional, Institutional (OPI) with a Future Land Use designation of Professional Office. The application was deemed sufficient on July 6, 2023.

The subject property is currently vacant and located at the southeast corner of South Sumter Boulevard and Pocatella Avenue and encompasses approximately 11.71 acres.

The proposed multi-family residential use is neither a specifically permitted nor prohibited use in the Office, Professional, Institutional (OPI) zoning district. ULDC Section 53-92 provides that any use not explicitly permitted and not expressly prohibited in the OPI zoning district may file for a special exception in accordanc...