Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 03-08-05 — reading text

2  CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES e PLANNING DMSION STAFF REPORT SUBJECT: GRACE COVENANT CHURCH- Application to amend the Official Zoning Map from R-2 (Multiple Family DweUing) District to CF (Community Facilities) DistriCt. Frank Williamson. Agenl DATE SUBMITTED: December 20. 2004 RESUBMIlTED: PREPARED BY: Len MitcheU. Planning Manager REPORT DATE REVISION DATE Janu 2005 2005 A. GENERAL BACKGROUND e 1. Location: 19 Alder Avenue se a. Major arterial: None b. Neighborhood: EHiotts Point c. 2000 Census Tract 228/ 1001 2. General features of the proposed project: 8. Gross acreage: 38,300 s.f. (0.83 acres) b. Wetland acreage: None c. Dwelling units: None proposed d. Gross Density: No DU.s proposed 8. Water and wastewater service: City f. Recreation amenities: None 3. Current zoning of the applicanfs property: R-2 (Muttipte Family Dwening) District. 4. Current surrounding zoning: 8. North: R- 2 (Multifamily Dwelling) b. South: R-2 ( Multifamily Dwelling) c. East 2 ( Multifamily Dwelling) R... d. West R-2 (Multifamily Dwelling) 5. DiteClions, Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM)designation: PL, Public Lands. Designated by Ordinance 1602. November 12. 2004. e  n____..._____ ._...__._..._...._..__..___ --- 1960-+ Present P-roperty has been zoned 2 R..since zoning was established in 1960. 2. The request site was developed with 3. 004 s.f. one-story. masonry Church in 1960 according to the Okaloosa County Property Appraiser's Records. 3. On August 22, 2000 the City enacted Ordinance 1401. which adopted Directions: The Compl8henslve Plan of the City of Fort Walton Beech: 2008, as the CitYs Comprehensive Plan. The Future Land Use Map (FLUM) included in Dil8Ctions designated the . request site as MOR, Medium Density Residential, in error. 4. On 10, 2001. the City adopted Ordinance 1439. an ordinance that created the new zoning district,CF, Community Facilities District. The CF District was created to implement the PL, Future Land Use Map designation. The CF District permits a variety of govemmental and public uses as pennitted uses inctuding religious uses such as churches and places of worship. 5. On November 12, 2004, City Council adopted Ordinance 1602, an ordinance that included a Future Land Use Map (FLUM) amendment to correct the omission of the Grace Covenant Church as a Public Land. Ordinance 1602 amended the FLUM designation on the request site from MDR, Medium Density Residential to PL. Public Lands. D. DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE LAW 1. Laws applicable to this request include DiI'8Ct;ons: The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Walton Beach: 2008 and the Fort Walton Beach Land Development Code. NOTICE: The applicants are cautioned that the City is in the process of adopting revised .Iand development regulations. AU projects must comply with the lawS and ordinances in effect at the time of BDDrOvat. If land development regulations are approved prior to " is developmental proposal, this proposal must be revised to comply with the new regulations. 2. CONSISTENCY WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1. The site was re-designatecl Public Lands on the Future Land Use Map as to PI.. part of the second Comprehensive Plan amendments made in the year 2004 (CP04- 2). 3. DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATENESS OF THE REQUEST The Municipal Planning Board .in Its report and recommendation to the City Council on the appropriateness of the request should study and consider the following criteria and recommend whether. or not,ead1 is met. as appftcable. Staffs recommended findings ere added in Italics for the MPB' s consideration. a. The proposed zoning designation is contrary to the land use pattern. 3