Background:
Pursuant to Section 163.3174(4), Florida Statutes, the City Commission (acting as the Local Planning Agency) is required to hold a duly advertised public hearing in order to review and make recommendations to the governing body regarding the proposed rezoning.
This is an application to rezone approximately 0.77-acres from CR (Commercial Recreation District) and RM-10 (Low Medium Multifamily Residential District) zoning districts to a Planned Unit Development District (PUD), for a site generally located south of NW 30 Place, between Aragon Boulevard and E. Sunrise Lakes Drive, as shown on the location map in the attached Staff Report. The applicant is proposing to rezone the 0.77 acres to incorporate the subject property into the approved Solterra PUD. The Solterra PUD has been approved to construct a 900 residential unit development on the subject site. The PUD district allows for alternative development standards that will allow for greater quality of development. The applicant has requested alternative development standards to the previously approved Solterra PUD Development Program Standards as detailed in the Staff Report. The property is designated Irregular (9 DU/AC) Residential and Commercial Recreation on the City’s Future Land Use Map. The proposed rezoning requires City Commission approval pursuant Subsection 16-38(e) of the Land Development Code. The applicant has concurrently applied for and is seeking approval of a Site Plan application.
Staff finds that this application meets all applicable requirement of the Land Development Code for granting of approval for this rezoning from CR (Commercial Recreation District) and RM-10 (Low Medium Multifamily Residential District) zoning districts to a Planned Unit Development District (PUD) for approximately 0.77 acres of the Solterra project area, inclusive of amendments to the Design Program Standards, subject to the following conditions as listed below:
- The applicant shall provide an executed and recorded Unified Control document prior to the first building permit issuance for vertical construction.
- The applicant shall comply with all the requirements of the Amended and Restated Development Agreement approved via Resolution No. 21-17-24-A, as amended.
- All voluntary commitments proffered by the applicant via Ordinance No. 711.
Staff completed an open building permit and code violation search. There are no building code cases, city code violations, or code liens.
For more information on this item, including any of the attachments to this item, please contact Community Development Department staff member identified below.