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, Amending the Future Land Use Designation from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential for a ?18.63 Acre Area Generally Located North of Hillsborough Boulevard and West of Toledo Blade Boulevard; Amending the City of North Port Comprehensive Plan Chapter 2, Future Land Use Map 2-7; Providing for Findings; Providing for Adoption; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)
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Recommended Action
The City Commission approve CPA-23-124 via Ordinance 2023-31 and continue to second reading on January 23, 2023.
Recommended Action for Second Reading
The City Commission adopt Ordinance No. 2023-31 (CPA-23-124, Serenity Multi-Family).
General Information
On May 17, 2023, the Planning & Zoning Division received from Jackson Boone, an agent for the property owner Toledo Blade, LLC, a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) petition to amend the Future Land Use Map, changing the future land use designation of a ? 18.63-acre property generally located north of Hillsborough Boulevard and west of Toledo Blade Boulevard (PID 1007-25-2118) from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential. Policy 1.1 of the Comprehensive Plan describes Low Density Residential as, lands designated for residential areas of low density (for currently platted single-family lots a maximum density of 4.3 residential units per gross acre, 4.0 residential units per gross acre for un-platted areas). Medium Density Residential is described as lands designated for residential areas of medium density (maximum of 10.0 residential units per gross acre). Low density residential is permitted within the Medium Density Residential future land use designation.
The property su...
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