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r -�� BOOK F,�"E 6J!,jJ It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of January 11, 2000. This is a request by Suntree Partners, Inc., through its agent Knight, McGuire and Associates, Inc., to rezone approximately 191.64 acres. Approximately 181.54 acres are zzoned -1plan the remaining 10 acres are zoned RS -3. As part of the PD rezoning request,conceptual been submitted for review and approval. The subject site is located northeast of the intersection of 58'" Avenue and 9' Street SW, and runs north from 9" Street SW, across 5'" Street SW, to the South Relief Canal. The purpose of this request is to secure a zoning which allows construction of single- family homes on lots of various sizes, many of which are smaller that the RS -3 zoning district's minimum lot size, and which also allows multi -family units and accessory commercial uses that are internal to the project. The project design is similar to the one considered by the Board of County Commissioners at its meetings of July 13, 1999 and August 3, 1999 for a project also called "Citrus Springs". The main differences between the original proposal, which was denied by the Board of County Commissioners on August 3, 1999, and the subject proposal are that the current proposal covers an area 25.7 acres smaller than the other proposal, proposes fewer units (477 vs 645), has a duplex component rather than a triplex component, has less density (2.49 units/acre vs 2.96 unitstacre), and proposes fewer waivers from RS -3 zoning district standards. ♦ Planning and Zoning Commission Action At its regular meeting of December 9, 1999, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-1 to recommend approval of the conceptual plan and PD rezoning with the conditions recommended by staff and one modified condition. That Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation for a modified condition would require a Type "B" buffer with a 6' opaque feature along the project's Lateral B Canal/58th Avenue frontage rather than the Type "C" buffer opaque feature proposed (see attachment #5). ♦ Time Limit for Re -Applying LDR section 902.12(5) states that, when a rezoning application has been previously acted upon by the Board of County Commissioners, no new application for an amendment, change, or modification of the official zoning atlas on substantially the same lands shall be permitted to be filed until the expiration of at least 12 months from the filing of the previous application. Based on the application covering substantially different property as well as the opinion of the County Attorney's Office, staff determined that this proposal is to be treated as a new proposal and different from the previous "Citrus Springs" proposal. Therefore, staff has not applied the 12 month waiting period to this application. ♦ Development Approval Options Available to the Developer Because most of the site is zoned A-1, Agricultural (1 unit / 5 acres), the applicant must rezone the property to a residential zoning district to allow for residential development. Any rezoning action must comply with the site's land use designation which is L-1, Low Density Residential I (up to 3 unitstacre). There are two options available to the developer to seek approval of the proposed project. Either of the two options, if approved, would allow the applicant to proceed with a residential project. These options are as follows: January 11, 2000 28