TO: Planning and Zoning Advisory Board
FROM: Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Deputy Director, Development Services Department
SUBJECT: Consideration of an Amendment to Section 3.2.4. of the Unified Land Development Code - Business Activity and Delivery Hours in CT and COR Zoning Districts
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Recommended Action
Recommend that the City Commission approve the amendment via Ordinance No. 2026-04.
Planning and Zoning Advisory Board Options:
Motion to Approve: I move to recommend that the City Commission approve the amendment via Ordinance No. 2026-04 and find the amendment is consistent with the City of North Port Comprehensive Plan.
Motion to Deny: I move to recommend that the City Commission deny the amendment via Ordinance No. 2026-04 and find the amendment is NOT consistent with the City of North Port Comprehensive Plan.
[INCLUDE EXPLANATION OF HOW THE AMENDMENT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMPRHENSIVE PLAN
Background Information
On June 3, 2024, during the final City Commission Workshop to review the draft ULDC preceding adoption of the regulations on August 6, 2024, there was consensus amongst the Commissioners to limit hours of operation for businesses in CT and COR zoning districts as follows:
> "To prohibit any delivery or operations of any type of activity between the hours of 10 pm and 5 am in the COR and CT zoning district."
The staff prepared draft ULDC did not include business hours limitations in any zoning district, for the following reasons:
* Permissible uses in CT and COR districts were carefully selected and limited to less intense businesses to minimize conflicts with existing residential development.
* Compatibility standards for new development on parcels zoned CT and COR are incorporated in the ULDC, such as enhanced buffers and transitional height design requirements.
* Outcomes observed with similar limitations adopted for the former Neighborhood Commercial (NC) zonin...
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