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4 <br />OCT 16 1985 Q©©a 62 facE 43 <br />DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS <br />Wedgewood Park Development, Inc., an agent for the owners, is <br />requesting to rezone 77.7 acres (including all of Whistlewood <br />Subdivision) located north of State Road 60 and approximately <br />one-third mile west of Kings Highway from RS -6, Single -Family <br />Residential District (up to 6 units/acre), and A, Agricultural <br />District (up to .2 units/acre), to RM -6, Multiple -Family Res <br />idential District (up to 6 units/acre). <br />The applicants are proposing to develop this property for rental <br />apartments and a congregate living facility. <br />The applicants originally requested an amendment to the <br />Comprehensive Plan and rezoning to allow up to 8 units per acre. <br />However, the applicant amended the rezoning request to RM -6 and <br />dropped the Comprehensive Plan amendment request prior to the <br />public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission. <br />On September 12, 1985, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted <br />4 -to -0 to recommend approval of the amended request to rezone the <br />subject property to RM -6. <br />ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS <br />In this section, an analysis of the reasonableness of the appli- <br />cation will be presented. The analysis will include a descrip- <br />tion of the current and future land uses of the site and sur- <br />rounding areas, potential impacts on the transportation and <br />utility systems, and any significant adverse impacts on environ- <br />mental quality. <br />Existing Land Use Pattern <br />The subject property contains a single-family dwelling and vacant <br />lots zoned RS -6 and vacant land and a citrus grove zoned A. North <br />of the subject property, across 26th Street, are citrus groves <br />zoned A. East of the subject property is vacant land zoned A, <br />RS -6, and RM -6. Further east, is a single-family subdivision <br />zoned A and vacant land zoned A and C-1, Commercial District. <br />South of the subject property is vacant land zoned C -1A, <br />Restricted Commercial District; single-family dwellings and <br />vacant lots zoned RS -6; Bill's T.V., Peterson's Nursery,. and <br />vacant lots zoned B-1, Planned Business District; and vacant land <br />.zoned A. <br />Further south, across State Road 60, are single-family subdivi- <br />sion zoned RS -6, a single-family attached subdivision under <br />development zoned RM -6, vacant land zoned A, and a citrus grove <br />zoned C-1. West of the subject property are citrus groves and <br />vacant land zoned A. <br />Future Land Use Pattern <br />The Comprehensive Plan designates the subject property and the <br />land east, south, and west of it as LD -2, Low -Density Residential <br />2 (up to 6 units/acre) . The land north of the subject property <br />is designated as RR -1, Rural Residential 1 (up to .4 units/acre). <br />In addition, the Comprehensive Plan designates a 160 acre commer- <br />cial node at the intersection of Kings Highway and State Road 60. <br />The boundaries of this node have been established with the <br />western boundary lying approximately 250 feet east of the south- <br />east corner of the subject property. <br />43 <br />