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PAL-23-00004, Tarpon Waterfront Village Large Scale Plan Amendment
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Requested Motion/Action
Department Making Request
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Community Development
Pursuant to Section 163.3184(3), Florida Statutes, transmit a Large Scale Plan Amendment to the Florida Department of Commerce and other State agencies for review and comment; the request is to 1) amend Charlotte County FLUM Series Map #3: 2030 Service Area Delineation, to extend the Urban Service Area boundary to include 14.52± acres of the property; and 2) amend Charlotte County FLUM Series Map #2: 2050 Framework, from Agricultural/Rural to Revitalizing Neighborhood for 11.51± acres of the property and Managed Neighborhood for 3.01± acres; for property including three parcels, two parcels located at 4331 and 4399 Willow Street, in the Port Charlotte area, and one undressed parcel generally located north of the Peace River, south of Edgewater Drive, west of Bayshore Road, east of Lister Street and southeast of Crews Court, in the Charlotte Harbor Community Redevelopment area and in the Port Charlotte area, containing 14.51± acres; Petition No. PAL-23-00004; Applicant: Tarpon Waterfront Village LLC; providing an effective date. Located in Commission District V.
Legislative
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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/property owner is requesting a large scale plan amendment to amend Charlotte County FLUM Series Map #3: 2030 Service Area Delineation, to extend the Urban Service Area boundary to include 14.52± acres of the property, and to amend Charlotte County FLUM Series Map #2: 2050 Framework, from Agricultural/Rural to Revitalizing Neighborhood for 11.51± acres of the property and Managed Neighborhood for 3.01± acres. The subject property including three parcels, two parcels located at 4331 and 4399 Willow Street, in the Port Charlotte area, and one undressed parcel generally located north of the Peace River, south of Edgewater Drive, west of Bayshore Road, east of Lister Street and southeast of Crews Court, in the Charlotte Harbor Community Redevelopment area and in the Port Charlotte area.
In 2008, the Board of County Commissioners approved a small scale plan amendment for the portion of Lots 17 and 18 of the subject property from Medium Density Residential to Parks and Recreation for approximately 3 acres and to Preservation for approximately 3.3 acres. Lots 17 and 18 were located in the Urban Service Area prior to adoption of the County’s current Comprehensive Plan in 2010. Urban Service Area means that “a defined area, not always coincidental with a municipality's corporate boundaries, that defines the geographical limits of government-supplied public facilities and services.” As part of the County’s Comprehensive plan rewrite in 2009-2010, the Urban Service Area boundary was revised from that depicted in the 1997-2010 Comprehensive Plan to clearly distinguish urban from rural places, based upon the planned future land uses for the area and development limitations such as environmentally sensitive habitat. One of the key provisions of that revision was that those areas deemed to be particularly sensitive areas where increased density should be restricted and density should be encouraged to be removed, such as the coastal areas and other lands that have substantial environmentally sensitive lands, were removed from the Urban Service Area and placed into the Rural Service Area. To remove Lots 17 and 18 from the Urban Service Area is a planning tool in order to protect this land and to ensure that increasing density should be restricted. Approximately 6,237 acres were removed from the Urban Service Area.
The applicant’s proposed High Density Residential can only be designated for properties located inside the Urban Service Area. Therefore, the applicant is requesting this large scale plan amendment to extend the Urban Service Area boundary to include this property.
It is staff’s professional opinion that extending the Urban Service Area boundary and allowing the proposed development would set a precedent of allowing more intense development on the upland portion of these properties rather than protecting and preserving these lands, which are located in the Rural Service Area and are designated as Preservation on the 2030 Future Land Use Map.
What Action will be accomplished?
If the Board of County Commissioners approves this large scale plan amendment, it will be transmitted to the Florida Department of Commerce and other State agencies for review and comment, and to allow the applicant to move forward with the proposed small scale plan amendment to High Density Residential for a portion of the property for residential development up to 156 units.
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