Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 01-10-06 Regular — reading text

R~quast.to r$'~ e property,IO;cat~ at.198a'and 199.2' l~s Tumet' Bou(evard from ProfeSSto~ t Office) District to HC (Hi. 1 P:... C. J~ ghway Commercfat) District. 'Requested by Mcinn~! ffrey.: i1l Agent David and Susan W~lema.and FlOrida and Gu( Esq.., Coast Properties> Inc. are the owners. ( f MPB Case#05~ 2s..: RZ) BACKGROUND:. The ~ s-of amending t'he Offtdal ZOning Map of the City.requires th& Ordinance after two (2) adoptiOn of'an readings before the CJ~ CounciL An advertised pubUc t be h~ d 10 days prior.tf) a<: fnU$. foptioo. ' hearing The Municipal Planning Board (MPS) fS empowered by Counci1 to review, hear, consider and mak& recommendations to the,City Council' on applicatiOO$for. to approve, approve with COll'ditons, : or deny development p.ermlt$. amendnients to the Officicd th~ CRy. Zoning Map of As ~ falned in the Staff rt, th~ applicant i~ se~ Rep'() kih9 tO~ Vaiop the- sne.for' a pmch- a... penny Pool Supp'Hes store. The appHcants reque$ted and the request. Ju[y 2005 request.: tQ re\,.; d~$igoate the subject City approved a than Geoora1 Com.mercia~on the prOperty.fOr HighVilaY Commercial rather City's Future tand Use Map { fLUM). In Septernbe~ 200'5 th& City changed the.Future land Use site from GC, Ganeiaj Comrnerclal to HC, designation of the re.quest. Highway CommercIaL The applitants:come now with a request to complete the ptQCe$and lf$trltt.d~ signaUon tQ HC ( d1ange the zo11ing Highway Comm~ tiai a distrtt11hat is X(msideted COO$ tstent with the Future land Use. designation. There a,re no requireme~ts for po-sfingwlth notices, legal advert~$~ ments or pub4ic t'1ioliceS. poor! Q . COOSit:refatit> n by the.MPB. The City . Att6mey has foUnd Ordinance 1654 in be in proper form ~nd 1ega1iy sufficfent. DlSCUSStO~ Staff na$ prepared Ute etfc~ ed Staff R:~ ort) which incfude$gan~rai background jnfo~ ationJ a project description and a chronQlogy o : f the zoning .and development of the rnq~ $ ite. The Staff Repbrt also inc~ a determination of ~ con$islency taw, plicable.- of the fGquest with th$ Compreh 1'lstve Pian and d&termtnatioo Of appropriateness of the request, including sugge$!ed nnamgs-for the MPB ragarding the 13 criteria enumerated. Ordin~ 16> 54! if adopted woord rezon~ th~ 2.559 acre $ ite to th~ He, H~ y. Comm~rcial District and amend the Officia1 Zoning Map of the City. according1y. Tht;p~1 Zornng lJiS;lnot &$. p~ nne.d to be.abandoned and other zoniog di$ttltt$ a:ppr~d City-wide. There are o.nly two ar$as.of the Cfty where P- 1 was and. a smaU r~ t Oft Moone. Rood applied;.the subject area y' which ha$ already been rezoned to MUCC-1.. P- shown in the consistency Table ;of the 1 is Land Development Code as C, CQmm-eraaf land U$~ which 00 being : c onsi$ t~nt with rong~r~.xi$ted as of 8- 22.. 00. Staff was directed to' comp1ete thQ. He ~and use destgnatipns ,and zon: conversion$ on aU P- de:signated.propertias on l~ ing 1 zoOOdiGC wi$ Tumer Blvd. rh~ general are~ of the City :of Fort W ' a1ton Beach in wNch the Mam~n Subdiv1S1QO lies is surrounded by unintorporated Ok~~ o($ 3:County~T~ req~ t. $~ lie.$;betwee.n ~ major arterla14.:la~e d~vldOO highway, LewIs TtJrner Boulevard (SR 189) and 1VIarnan Dr:iv~~a tt:). t~street and between WiIlwaU' Street, a.IQtal street.and Nan Pla~ to east, blod< ' th& aone", ong. 10cat street. Existing tand Use 1n the.geh~ rat i< rea 1$ a mixture of commercia' and t~$ idemiat. Al009 th$ north side o.f l~wi$ Tumet aNd are and general. commerclaluses and along the 'SOuth 00[(;$ sIde of Lewfs Turner Blvd, in uoinoorporatad 0kak1()Sa CountY. a mix of residential and commercial. An.portions of Maroan SubdIvIsion within the City ofFortWa1ton BeaCh are zoned P- 1 ( Professtonal Office) and have b.e:~o.s.mc~ being an~~ d imQ t. he.City io the 191f}"$;. Okaloosa County zontngadjacent is residentiat RSS District t1Qrthof the request across Maman Drive;.and s.: auth of ~ request acrO$SleWf$ Tumer Blvd_County zonmg adja. ~~ nt to Lewis Tumerandeast of Nan Place i$ BR ( BusYneSs RetaH), as 15 areas W'e$ t of WiIfwalI Strae't The County County ha$ zo-oe.d ate.a$ just.e.ast of the f~ qu.es.t and outh of Lewl$ Tumer Blvd as a" At light CommercIal Conces'sion's. Th~ City adopt.ed ::' the P-1 Profes.siona( Office District. in the 1970.'$wtih th~ pti~ se of encouragtng -compatible development of major professlona1 "Of ices in areas that a ' re suitabl& fOt such activitie:s; It Wa.$ ' Hr, POpular-in the pfanoing profe'S$ i.Qo to adv~ te professionai office park dIstricts in the subltrbs of maJor urban areas to aflew sa. s)' . acceSSi from home to offiCe to.alleviate the need fQf workers to" commute into the Centr. Business Di$ trlctwher~ most office area were al located in the 1950~s. After a brIef Nn or popuEamyi.he overbuiking of office parks and office. $ pa{;e;tclt many d~v. elcp:er$' and dtfs with 1I1e dHemma of redevelopment and re.. use. The. of Fort Walton Beach has addr.es.sed the is,sue by City planning anq implementiog a ravita5zation of it$100{t$;- . tlevet~ped -"h10U$ trial Park" 1nt-o a "'Commerce .and Techno1ogy Park" an action that 2 provides land for both the aerospace and iCOmput~r jndustry : and corporate Qffice spa.ce ioa.~ ~ n-ptanned aif'& a. 1ot::aied away from the:CitJ~$'residential areas. The Compt~ ve Plan anticlpa~ elIminating the P-1 Zoning District as soon as both en$, areas are re2m1ed. The:re am only two area$ of 100 City where P-1 w-as ' applied; fim ubjec.t area.and a srnaU lot on Mooney Road wNch.nas already besn rezooed to MtJCC... 1. The P.;. 1 District is shown in the consistency T~b.re of the land ~ op-me.nt CQd~ a$ Ming coo$istent vJith C) CommerCia! Land Use a land use ~ tegory which was eliminate.d in 2000. Tha'fe are severa} detailS.fhat need 1n be ame- nde..d Tega~ land us.e on the ~ ubje.ct property. The,approval of the request. to t&20ne to the.HC '(Highway Commercial)District wiU eliminate an inconststeoci.es between the tand use de$ 1gnations