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PD-25-14, 5905 Duncan Road LLC, PD Rezoning
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Requested Motion/Action
Department Making Request
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Community Development
Adopt an Ordinance, pursuant to Section 125.66, Florida Statutes, amending the Charlotte County Zoning Atlas from Residential Estate 1 (RE-1) (8.21± acres) and Agriculture (AG) (4.64± acres) to Planned Development (PD) to allow for commercial general uses, and also adopt a General PD Concept Plan; for property located at 5905 Duncan Road (US 17), in the Punta Gorda area, containing 12.85± acres; Petition No. PD-25-14; Applicant: 5905 Duncan Road LLC; providing an effective date. Located in Commission District II.
Quasi-Judicial
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Agenda Item Type
Public Hearing
Budgeted Action:
No action needed.
Background (Why is this Action Necessary, and What Action will be accomplished)
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Background:
The applicant and property owner, 5905 Duncan Road LLC, is requesting a rezoning from Residential Estate 1 (RE-1) (8.21± acres) and Agriculture (AG) (4.64± acres) to Planned Development (PD) to allow for commercial general uses. The applicant is concurrently seeking a small-scale plan amendment to amend the Charlotte County FLUM Series Map #1: 2030 Future Land Use from Low Density Residential (LDR) (4.64± acres) and Agriculture (AG) (8.21± acres) to Commercial (COM). The applicant is also requesting to adopt the proposed General PD Concept Plan.
The proposed PD rezoning will:
• Limit intensity and use by restricting the maximum square footage for commercial general uses.
• Preserve environmental resources by protecting approximately 1.91 acres of onsite wetlands and associated upland buffer areas and require implementation of a Native Habitat Management Plan to restore, preserve, and protect these resources.
• Restrict building heights by limiting the maximum height to 60 feet for the hotel, 45 feet for the indoor storage facility, and 35 feet for all other structures.
• Enhance architectural compatibility.
• Strengthen landscape buffering.
Therefore, it is staff’s professional opinion that the proposed commercial general development is generally consistent with the County’s Comprehensive Plan.
On March 9, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval of this PD rezoning with conditions a through m, by a unanimous vote.
What Action will be accomplished?
If the Board of County Commissioners approves this PD rezoning and its associated small scale plan amendment (PAS-26-02), it will allow for the maximum combined square footage of commercial general uses on Lots 1-3 to 70,000 square feet, and allowing only 22 specific Commercial General uses and restrict Lot 4 uses to either a hotel with a maximum of 125 hotel rooms or an indoor storage facility with a maximum building area of 140,000 square feet within a single building.
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