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t0.A�I <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator <br />PREPARED BY: Cindy Thurman; Senior Planner, Long Range Planning <br />DATE: April 4, 2024 <br />SUBJECT: Consideration of an Ordinance of Indian River County, Florida Amending <br />the Zoning Ordinance, and the Accompanying Zoning Map for +19.6 Acres <br />from A-1, Agricultural District to RS -3, Single -Family Home Residential <br />District (RZON2002030112-96026) [Quasi -Judicial] <br />It is requested that the data presented herein be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at its regular meeting of April 23, 2024. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />This request is to rezone +_19.6 acres from A-1, Agricultural District (up to 1 unit per 5 acres) to <br />RS -3, Single -Family Residential District (up to 3 units per acre). As shown in Attachment 1, the <br />subject property is located on the north side of Island Club Manor, west of Highway AIA and east <br />of Jungle Trail. The purpose of this request is to secure the zoning necessary to develop the site <br />with uses and density permitted in the RS -3 Zoning District. The requested RS -3 zoning <br />designation is also consistent with the subject property's L-2, Low Density Residential -2 land use <br />designation. <br />Existing Land Use Pattern <br />The property is located on a western portion of the north barrier island across the Indian River <br />from Orchid Isles Subdivision. This portion of the barrier island includes the Captain Forester <br />Hammock Preserve, a State-owned property that the County has a long-term lease to manage as a <br />conservation area to the north, and the Island Club Riverside Subdivision to the south. <br />The area's existing land use pattern therefore consists of a mixture of conservation land to the <br />north and east, single family development to the south, and the Indian River Lagoon to the west. <br />The property is currently vacant and is zoned A-1, Agricultural District, which permits densities <br />up to 1 unit per 5 acres. <br />153 <br />