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• Planning and Zoning Commission Action <br />At its regular meeting of January 28, 1999, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously <br />(6-0) to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the PD rezoning and PD <br />conceptual plan with the conditions recommended by staff, including modification to two of the <br />conditions. The two modified conditions relate to buffering. One of the modified conditions <br />addresses buffering between West Lake Estates and the future elementary school site, while the other <br />modified condition addresses buffering between the SR 60 office/commercial area and adjacent uses <br />to the east and west. These modified buffer conditions are detailed in this report and are <br />incorporated into this report's recommendation. — <br />As a result of concerns expressed by West Lake Estates residents about the construction of 16th <br />Street, staff has developed another option for paving 161 Street that would eliminate the need for <br />additional right-of-way from all or some of the West Lake Estates lots. As an option to acquiring <br />right-of-way from West Lake Estates lots and buffering a roadway that would be located closer to <br />existing homes, the developer could dedicate an additional 30' of right-of-way along the south side <br />of the 161 Street canal and relocate the canal 30' to the south, or culvert the canal, and build 16th <br />Street in the 60' of existing road and canal right-of-way. With this option, where the road is shifted <br />south,there would not appear to be a need for 16' Street buffering since the paved road would not <br />be located closer to homes than the existing unpaved road. Such an option would require approval <br />of and coordination with the Indian River Farms Water Control District (IRFWCD). Staff has <br />included this option in the recommendation to provide greater flexibility to work out an acceptable <br />developer's agreement in the future. Details of these options and the timing of such an agreement <br />are addressed in the analysis section of this report. <br />• Planned Development Rezoning Required <br />Presently, the site is zoned RM -8 (19.8 acres) and A-1 (583.09 acres), with 95.52 acres inside the <br />Urban Service Area (USA) and 507.47 acres outside the USA. The 95.52 acres inside the USA are <br />designated M-1, medium density (up to 8 units/acre), while the property outside the USA is <br />designated AG -1, Agricultural 1(up to 1 uniV5 acres). Based on Objective 18 of the comprehensive <br />plan future land use element, the developer is required to go through the planned development (PD) <br />rezoning process to secure approval for the proposed TND project. <br />• The PD Zoning District Generally <br />The county has reviewed and approved PD rezonings involving both non-residential and residential <br />projects. These include: Wal Mart/Sams, Hedin Commercial, Magi Mini Storage, Randall Mini <br />Storage, and Old Orchid Groves. Unlike standard zoning districts, there are no specific size or <br />dimensional criteria for PD districts. Instead, the PD district is based on the underlying land use plan <br />designation for density, use and compatibility. In the PD zoning district, setbacks and other typical <br />zoning district criteria are established on a site by site basis through approval of a conceptual PD <br />plan that is adopted as part of the PD rezoning ordinance. The conceptual PD plan serves as the <br />zoning standard for the site. <br />A rezoning to the PD district requires the submission of a binding conceptual PD plan which, along <br />with certain PD district requirements, limits uses and sets -forth specific development standards on <br />each site. Thus, a PD rezoning allows a unique PD district, that is consistent with the site's <br />underlying land use designation(s), to be developed for each site. <br />In this case, the conceptual plan proposes: up to 1,199 residential units; office, commercial, civic <br />and institutional uses; an 18 hole golf course open to the public; and an equestrian/residential <br />development. Aspects of the proposed conceptual PD plan, including satisfaction of Objective 18 <br />TND policies and criteria, are addressed in the "plan analysis" section of this report. <br />MARCH % 1999 <br />27 <br />BOOK 108 PAGE 543 <br />