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b 0 0 K DATE: March 28, 2000 SUBJECT: Wayne Klekamp's Request for PD (Planned Development) Special Exception Use and Preliminary PD Plan Approval for an Agricultural PD to be Known as White Gate It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of April 4, 2000. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS: Knight, McGuire & Associates, Inc. has submitted an application for PD (Planned Development) special exception use and preliminary PD plan approval on behalf of Wayne Klekamp to create eight (8) 5 acre tracts in an agriculturally designated area. The subject property is a 40 acre parcel of land that is located on the south side of 41' Street, 3/4 of a mile west of W Avenue. The entire property is presently a citrus grove. The subject property is zoned A-1, Agricultural (up to 1 unit/5acres), is located outside the Urban Service Area, and is designated AG -1 (Agricultural up to 1 unit/5acres). The proposed 8 lot residential/agricultural subdivision is allowed in the AG -1 area, subject to the special exception use provisions of sections 911.06(4) and 911.14(2) of the county's land development regulations (see attachment #4) for residential subdivisions in agricultural areas. • 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 that "clusters" homesites in a manner that provides large remaining areas of open space (used for agriculture or preservation of natural features), in a manner that minimizes residential/agricultural use conflicts. 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 at a higher density 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 standard subdivision layout of 1 acre or smaller lots and creates 1 large tract which could be separately owned and limited to open space (agricultural or preservation) uses until such time as the land may be re -designated. Another approvable clustering concept creates larger 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 clustering designs, each tract could be individually owned. This type of clustering concept has been used in the design of the proposed White Gate subdivision, which proposes 1 acre homesite areas on 5 acre tracts, with the homesite areas clustered around a proposed project roadway. Thus, individually owned tracts comprise the entire project site, yet residential homesites (located within tracts) are clustered in relation to a proposed road. It should be noted that agricultural PD requirements have been reviewed by the Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) and the Board of County Commissioners is scheduled to review these requirements at its April 4, 2000 meeting; the same meeting at which this PD proposal is scheduled for approval. Based upon its review, the Board could change current agricultural PD requirements. The applicant has been made aware of this reconsideration process and potential agricultural PD changes, and has decided to go through the current agricultural PD process. Therefore, current agricultural PD regulations and policies have been applied to this application and have been satisfied. APRIL 4, 2000