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Peterson & Smith Guard House - Waiver Request to a Major Site Plan
4747 SW 60th Ave All Units Ocala
Project #2024070066 #31801
Parcel #23834-001-02 Permit #2024051252
McLauchlin & Company
LDC 2.21.1.A(1) - Major Site Plan
CODE states a Major Site Plan shall be submitted for review and approval prior to the issuance of a Building Permit or prior to the construction of site improvements when proposed improvements exceed any of the following thresholds: (1) Collectively, all existing and proposed impervious ground coverage equals or exceeds 35 percent of the gross site area or 9,000 square feet.
APPLICANT requests waiver because Peterson & Smith Equine Hospital has an approved major site plan dated 4/21/06 which shows the proposed improvements for the site (Parcel #23834-001-02). The improvements included the main equine hospital building, several horse barns, paddocks, miscellaneous asphalt driveways, parking areas and stormwater retention ponds and structures to accommodate the planned impervious area. The attached site plan differentiates between existing and future improvements and shows the extent of the proposed scope. The overall site is 11.52 acres.
To date, not all the approved buildings on the major site plan have been built. However, all the retention ponds and stormwater structures have been built to accommodate the full approved impervious area of the site. The major site plan that was previously approved a credit of 20,737 square feet of impervious area on file with Marion County Stormwater.
The property owner is requesting approval to build a tiny receiving office that is 12-foot wide by 12-foot long (144 square feet) and add approximately 1,360 square feet of pavement to the property. These two improvements will add 1,504 square feet of impervious area to the property but will not come close to the originally approved impervious area.
We are asking for a waiver to the requirement for a revised major site plan, since these two minor improvements will not come near the already approved impervious area for which the current stormwater system is designed to accommodate. After these minor improvements are completed, there will still be 19,233 square feet of impervious that could be built for the current stormwater system that is in operation. These minor improvements are internal to the site and not visible from SW 60th Avenue. The existing facility is nicely landscaped and is sufficient for this minor request.
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