Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 05-13-08 regular agenda — reading text

s 1> hr c_• I I Mr_ i ' • •, . Ilr_ • DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATENESS OF THE REQUEST cuut i• • _' I• ti _ • • 1• G I Lk6' • all ' The area west of the request, on both sides of Stokes Avenue, is aurently zoned M-1 vlfiolesale and Light lndustrial. This area was re-designated IP on the FLUM in 2000, although that change was from the UWrxcstrial, ft equivalent land Lae designation for vAf& both M-1 and M-2 were consider+eed consistent in the Comprehensive Plan adapted in 1990. The rSUN Iai 0XIation of the height study was to implement the IP lard use designation applied to this area in 2000 wilh M-2 zoning. The existing M-1 zoning is inconsistent with FLUM designation ofthe Comprehensive Plan and allows buildings up to 70 feet above existing grade or about 119 AMSL in the subject area well above the 80 feet Imnk required to maintain the Air Force's mission in this section. The mixed use category allows for a combination of residential, commercial or office land use. Development may occur on a single parcel in the form of only residential use, only commercial use, or a combination of both use types. The standards for each combination permitted will assure that uses are compatible through buffering or other planning techniques. These designations are utilized primarily in the CRA Area to encourage traditional development where neighborhoods include both residential components, convenience commercial uses for day -today needs such as groceries, drugs and personal services. The principal intent of the mixed use designations in areas outside of the CRA is to create a land use transition between residential and commercial land uses.There are three (3) mixed -use designations in the Land Development Code: 1) Mixed Use Community Commercial ( MUCC), a designation which replaces the MU CIR designation in all areas outside the CRA and will be applied to many areas " in transition" in the CRA, 2) Mixed Use Main Street ( MUMS), a designation that applies to the core " historic downtown" area of the City; and 3) Mixed Use Waterfront ( MUVV), a designation that applies to all waterfront areas lying from the westward city limits to the easternmost boundary of the Redevelopment Area near Elm Avenue. mix of residential, officm and convenience uses. This applied to lands Vansition • density • ft • medium density Lam_ :.•_,. W* commercial use. V7-571ii AV:- II tom• L -' r - • M77 To: re tA III •' I_ I•• ti • . • _ 1• ti • f:,• I_ Tr 0 3  rye'!. 12 36 l, 26 r r w FAR 7, r on lotsbo None 50' Area 4aoo sf. vmko dM" sow Area NA V NA Area V* w io 3+ Area 030 sf VMkAh 18' Town A lofed Wide lofed 20 b- V& cam. R?eU s use and Ski r r r ii 1_ t y t r r• SY r • i i iii r ,' 1 `, i1 • t 1 t M r i r Y i i Cound • C•" 7 - o i j% o{ binan! jve 2) A, pm, C, 3) tWW