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DATE: SUBJECT: April 16, 1997 James & Lauri Simpson's Request for Planned (PD) Special Exception Use Approval for an PD to be Known as the Pomelo Subdivision M Development Agricultural It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of April 22, 1997. Carter Associates, Inc. has submitted an application for PD (planned development) special exception use and preliminary PD plan/plat approval on behalf of James & Lauri Simpson to create four 5 acre tracts within an agriculturally designated area. The subject 20.34 acre development is located on the south side of 49th Street a half mile west of 66th Avenue. The subject property was previously used for groves, but in recent years has been taken over by other vegetation. The subject property is zoned A-1, Agricultural (up to 1 unit/5 acres), is located outside the Urban Service Area, and is designated AG -1 (Agricultural up to 1 unit/5 acres). The proposed four tract residential/agricultural subdivision is allowed in the AG -1 area, subject to the special agricultural provisions of sections 911.06(4) and 911.14(2) of the county's land development regulations (see attachment #4). •PDs in Agriculturally Designated Areas To address certain urban sprawl concerns raised by DCA during its review of the 1990 Comprehensive Plan, the county adopted special policies and regulations regarding development of single family subdivisions in agriculturally designated areas. The resulting special regulations require use of the PD process and a layout of the lots or homesites that "clusters" homesites in a manner that provides large remaining areas of open space (used for agriculture or preservation of natural features). Therefore, the LDRs limit the maximum lot or homesite size to 1 acre, with remaining areas designated as open -space (see attachment #4). Lot or homesite clustering also preserves the ability for future development of -the overall property if, in the future, the comprehensive plan is changed and the property is re -designated for residential development. Clustering can be accomplished in different ways. One approvable concept clusters the lots in a more standard subdivision layout of 1 acre or smaller lots and creates 1 large tract which could be separately owned and limited to open space. (agriculture or preservation) uses until such time as the land may be re- designated. Another approvable clustering concept creates "5 acre" tracts, each with a designated buildable lot area (homesite). Such tracts can be laid out so as to cluster the buildable lot areas in close proximity to one another or in close proximity to a land feature or roadway. Under such a design, each 5 acre tract could be individually owned. This concept has been used in the design of the proposed Pomelo Subdivision, and was also used in the Lateral A and Trails End projects approved during the past year. 19 April 22, 1997 B0©P; IN' PAGE J9'7