Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 05-10-05 — reading text

Hooper Drive NW SUBJECT: Ordinance # 1631 - Request to Rezone to R- 2 ( Multiple Family Dwelling) from G-1 ( Limited Commercial) District District ( 1 st Reading) THE REQUEST: CDS) has received a The Community Development Services Department ( Industries, Inc., to rezone from Choctaw Engineering, Inc., Agent, for Daher Building request to R-2 ( Multiple Family Dwelling) District theO. 765 acre from C- 1 ( Limited Commercial) District Place NW on the south side of of located between Jonquil Avenue and Glory parcel property Hooper Drive NW (500 Hooper Drive NW). BACKGROUND: of an the Official Zoning Map of the City requires the adoption The process of amending must be after two ( 2) readings before the City Council. An advertised public hearing ordinance held 10 days prior to adoption. the request site for multiple the applicant is seeking to develop As explained in the Staff Report, Church, owner to the south, New Covenant family dwellings. In 2002, the adjacent property for other than Public Lands ( PL) to permit the their property requested that the City redesignate family development The City initiated the church to sen the property for commercial/multiple change to that site. block, except the church Land Use designation of the entire In 2000 the City changed the Future and Glory Place Drive, Jonquil Avenue, Sullivan Street site mentioned above, between Hooper Residential. This was done to create a from C, Commercial to MDR, Medium Density the Highway Commercial designation along Mary Esther Cut Off transitional land use between The owner applied to the Oakland Neighborhood. and the Low Density Residential designation district to R- 2 ( Multiple the process and change the zoning comes with a request to complete Use a district that is considered consistent with the MDR Future Land Family Dwelling) designation. on MPB) considered the application fonowing a public hearing The Municipal Planning Board ( The MPB was no public comment aside from that of the applicant' s agent April 7, 2005. There considered the Staff Report, that the request was considered consistent with the 5- 0 Comprehensive Plan, and recommended that City Council approve the request by a vote of Cohn and Wayne were absent). There are no requirements for posting with notices, legal advertisements or public notices prior to consideration by the MPB. DISCUSSION: Staff has prepared the enclosed Staff Report, which includes general background information, a The project description and a chronology of the zoning and development of the request site. determination of law, consistency of the request with the Staff Report also includes a applicable Comprehensive Plan and determination of appropriateness of the request, including suggested findings for the MPB regarding the 13 criteria enumerated. Ordinance 1631, if adopted would rezone the 0. 765 acre site to the R- 2 District and amend the Official Zoning Map of the City, accordingly. RECOMMENDATION: The Municipal Planning Board recommended approval of Ordinance 1631. Enclosures: Location Map Ordinance 1631  Exhibit " A" Location Map 500 Hooper Dr. NW City of Fort Walton Beach Community Development Services i:..~~~.: .:::;::. ::~: :;" ';;:" ':'.:': ;;:.: .~:.~: j. ::.:;~;~~ ::~~~:.: ..; . ;~~. r- _ iE8 ~ o 800' tB = r- Feet r-'" l 5;::- = x I' ffi:r m:: i...::: ~~::::::>-;.-,~ rr~ ~;::I- rrr- r-- ~~ 1--.-- - c- := - I IJ I~ LL p:: I W. E T c-~ rffiE8~~_ W) S I~ U .- rn j 8: 1:: J. t: -Jt: - t: Prepared by the r-- -- - r--' r-- r-, - r--;---, I-- -- - i City of Fort Walton Beach j'"- r-- -- __ _ Engineering Division I-- ~_ _ lJJJ... L